Yesterday I had the opportunity to go into Landon's class and "brag" about him. Of course it was not hard for me to come up with a long list of great things about him. It is always fun to take some time out to collect pictures and think about what makes them special.
I started by telling them that if I had to choose only a few words to describe him I would have to say throwing, kicking, shooting, catching or bouncing a ball. He is a sports nut! and he usually has a ball in his hands. Sports has been something that has always interested him. Although I would not say he is real aggressive I would say he is competitive. He likes to be good. The hard part is choosing what sport to play. Sports are so intense now that he can't seem to find the time to do it all (plus who can afford it:)? ) Just the other day he was saying that once football is over he would like to go back and play indoor soccer but it is also basketball season so he wants to do both. Then he asks can I take golf lessons????
His favorite food is Orange Chicken. His least favorite, spaghetti.
When he grows up he wants to be a professional sports player. (surprise)
His favorite colors are blue and white.
His favorite vacation is Disneyland. (I voted for the Disney cruise)
His favorite subject in school is math.
I told the kids about his birthday 2 years ago when all he asked for was a cake to be thrown in his face. So we had all the family over and right after they sang happy birthday Mike came around behind him with a small cake and smashed it right in his face. He was so surprised and so was everyone else in the room. No one knew what to do. But Landon is such a good sport he started laughing. It was as much fun as he thought it would be. So this year after we sang to him I had Whitney and Teegan go over next to him for a picture and Whitney reached up and pushed his face in the cake. I think it is our new tradition.

The crazy part was when the kids started asking me questions about him. One girl asked "I would like to know about his crushes. Could you tell us in the past years who he has had a crush on and who he currently has a crush on?" Whoa. This girls means business. I can't tell them that, the list is to long. No, I am kidding. I didn't think we needed to embarrass him that much. But that is all they seemed to want to do. The next question "when was the last time he was scared and came into your bedroom crying at night?" "What is his most embarrassing moment?" "What does he do when your fix spaghetti for dinner?" They were cute kids but they asked some tough questions.
We fixed a cute poster with lots of fun pictures. Indoor skydiving, motorcycle riding, baby pictures, family pictures, it turned out cute.
Landon is a great kid and I am so lucky to have him as my son.