what I heard

from a tiny voice from Caden's bedroom tonight after putting him to bed . . ." Mommy!?!? I need a drink cause I'm hungry!" I laughed out loud. Sometimes he's the funniest when he's so serious! And now I hear (40 minutes after bedtime!) my little man singing a totally made up song to entertain himself. I think I might have just found the first thing Caden has in common with me (rather than Doug). I used to entertain myself by singing or making up wild stories in my head all the time as a kid. I think it's part of the only child syndrome. Let's hope Caden gets cured soon from that affliction!!

Saturday by Sarah

The title of this post is such because I'm sure Doug will post his version of Saturday which is likely somewhat different than my version.

I rise at 6:00 a.m. to shower and dress and prepare Caden for spending the day and night with Cane Papa and Grandma.

6:45 We leave our house and drop Caden off with my parents.

7:00 We're on the road to Norman, OK. After a quick breakfast in Wichita at Golden Corral (yummy breakfast buffet!) and pit stop at Quik-Trip, we're off!

The drive to Norman is long in my opinion (3.5 hours and I hate riding in the car!) But we saw many crazy OU fans along the way and sang ourselves hoarse!

If you haven't figured it out, we spent our Saturday afternoon and early evening here . . .

in section 3, row 22, seats 11 and 12, watching the Sooners take on and defeat the KU Jayhawks 45-31! Go Sooners! (sorry mom, your Hawks were tough, but not quite tough enough!) I must say that it was difficult to cheer against the Jayhawks whom I've been taught to root for since birth and would typically NEVER root against, but in order to preserve my life on the OU side of the stadium and remain happily married, I felt compelled to root for the Sooners on Saturday. We had a great time!! It was my first live big college football experience. That atmosphere and noise were amazing as 85, 241 people (which is the 3rd largest game attendance on record for OU) rocked Owen Field.

My favorite highlights: 1) seeing the Boomer Schooner 2) seeing Mark Mangino (he's huge!!), Bob Stoops, Sam Bradford, and Todd Reesing up close 3) seeing Toby Keith!!! He's a big OU fan and was on the OU sideline for the 1st half. It took Doug awhile to actually convince me it was Toby Keith! 4) the oblivious cam which shows fans who aren't really paying attention to the fact that their being shown live on the jumbotron screen; very funny what people do when they think so one's watching!!

My only complaint is that televised games can at times be very slow in person.

blue eyed wish; green eyed reality

I'm behind on blogging!! Now it's time to catch up.

Thursday night, I was riding to Wichita with my in-laws and Caden. We were meeting Doug and his brother's family for dinner in honor of my mother-in-law's birthday. Happy 54th Birthday, Truck Grandma!!

Anyway, I was talking to Caden about his day at school. Last week they were learning about their bodies and building self-esteem at preschool. That day they had painted self-portraits. I asked Caden what color his eyes are. He correctly answered that they are green. I told him he got his green eyes from his daddy. Caden announced he wanted blue eyes. I told him he'd have to talk to his daddy about that one. Caden noticing my in-laws' cell phones on the console of their truck, said, "Gimme the phone so I can call daddy!" Hysterical laughter ensued from my in-laws and me. Caden was quite serious (and literal). So we gave him the phone and he called daddy and told him he wanted some blue eyes. Daddy told him that he couldn't change his green eyes now. It was too late. I love blued-boys. I think they're cute, but I think my green-eyed guy is the cutest!