About My 8-year-old Boy

1. He loves soccer. We have a dozen soccer balls in our house, and what did he want for his birthday? Another soccer ball, of course.

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2. He isn't embarrassed to kick the ball with his mom. In fact, he often asks me to go outside and kick with him.

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3. He can kick the ball three times without it hitting the ground. The triple-kick as he calls it.

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4. He reminds me of his dad. He is so very quiet in a group of people he's not comfortable with, but get him around people he loves and he can be quite a funny guy.
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5. He is a button-pusher. He knows where Owen's buttons are, and he has the gift of pushing them in such a way to get a rise out of his brother. (This is not my favorite of his abilities.)
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6. His sweet-tooth must be his largest molar, because it is insatiable.
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7. He can eat 6 popsicles at once. I'm not kidding.
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8. He enjoys reading if he has the right book. Captain Underpants is tops on the list right now, but we're waiting for a new one to come out.

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9. He can do math in his head almost better than I can.
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10. He loves frogs, toads, snakes and a bunch of other gross stuff.
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11. He loves waterslides. Our Wisconsin Dells trip is just around the corner. I just need to settle on a date. Who-hoo!!
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12. His favorite suppers are tacos, goulash and chili.
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13. He can almost ride his bike with no hands.
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14. He loves to have his back scratched.

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15. He can make farting noises with his armpit and his kneepit.

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16. He has lost nine teeth.

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18. He loves to be outside barefoot.

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19. He gets so tan in the summer that I have people tell me that he looks Hispanic. Nope. He's mine and Corey's and we are as Caucasian as they get.

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20. He looks a lot like me. There must be some Corey in there, because sometimes people will say, "He looks just like his dad." We don't see it though, that boy is Nelson all the way. You should see his kindergarten photo and my dad's kindergarten photo side-by-side.

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21. He is a wonderful little guy.