Jack Ryan

I have one child simmering in the tub, one vegged out in front of the tv, and one tucked away with a book somewhere. Seems like a good time to update about the 2 guys and the doll. Guy #1 is less than 6 months away from being 9, uh-huh...NINE, years old. Eek. He is still my most likely to be reading a book somewhere. We're still leaning towards space, flight, and airplane topics. He can sit for hours with a book on trains or space travel and be perfectly content. Sometimes I worry because he is so placid and laid back. He takes orders very well from Guy #2, and usually this concerns me. As Guy #1, you'd think he was the boss of the crew. Nope. That role falls to Guy #2. The good news is that Guy #1 usually totally ignores the dominating ways of Guy #2, and it would probably be in his best interest to continue ignoring him. At least, this is what I keep telling him.
A few nights ago, Jack woke up in hysterics. Sobbing, crying, etc. When I finally got out of him what was wrong, I felt so bad for him. Turns out that he had a nightmare about me. He dreamed that I was in the forest picking flowers and 10 hunters came out of the woods and shot me. So...yeah, I was disturbed then too! I can't imagine where this came from. It isn't something we've heard about or seen on tv. We're very selective about our television viewing, so I don't know. Needless to say, I won't be picking flowers in the forest anytime soon. Hehe.
Jack has really gotten interested in exercise, jogging, etc. We recently bought him a pair of jogging shoes, and we're looking into some kid Fun Runs scheduled for the spring. If all goes according to plan, he'll be participating in an IronKids Triathalon on June 2nd. This will entail a 100 yd swim, 1 mile run, and 3.2 bike ride. He is so excited, and he is really doing his part to get ready for it. He is constantly begging us to let him go jog, so we're just backing him up on this one. We can't all be Derek Jeter, eh? I guess it wouldn't be so bad to have an Iron Man in the family!