More Kids Fun Stuff

OK, you slackers out there, start posting stuff! Don't make it seem like it's Stuart and his progeny that love to hear themselves talk (truth hurts, so please spare us the pain).

We got an e-mail from Seth, who reports that Minot is not that cold. I'm not sure what to make of that, because I've since been tracking the weather and the high has been 25 over the last week. (He did report that one night it got to -50, with the windchill.) How is that not cold? I think he has acclimated.

I also noted that Minot has an Air Force base, where the slogan reads: "Only the best come north--Minot Air Force Base, home of 10,000 people and a fleet of B-52H stratofortress bombers." Whatever a "stratofortress bomber is, I think Seth may have found his people.

On a second note, I have to share something from Martha's basketball game this weekend. Bridget and I were sitting under the basket (the side seats were full), and toward the end of the game Martha was standing not far from us, playing defense, when she suddenly stood still and her eyes rolled back in her head. Bridget pointed it out to me and I immediately worried she was going to pass out. I have a vow of not yelling anything (even encouragement) at the kids' games (they need to listen to the coach, not me), but this was different and I called out, "Martha, are you OK?" She immediately looked at me and said "Yes." Then the ball changed hands and she ran down to the other end. They were running a play in which she was to set a screen, but in doing so she again stood there and had her eyes roll back into her head. And this type her tongue hung out. For obvious reasons the play did not work so well.

The game was close to being over, so I assumed she was doing whatever she was doing on purpose. After the game I asked her what was up. She said it was her strategy to "freak out" the other team. I advised that in games she should work on coach-approved strategies. It's nice that I was able to pass on my basketball skills to at least one of my children.