Desmond football 2010

Beauty is FOOTBALL!

Desmond gave me this to read - this is a class assignment and will be entering into the Reflections program for the school district. So I am copying this word for word (and Desmond said that parents can not edit it)...so there you go. The topic was: what they think beauty is. Desmond wrote:

Beauty is FOOTBALL!

Have you ever felt the rush of 50+ thousand people cheering you on? The smell of grass or some times turf field? Well I haven't either but I dream of it. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about its football. I know what your probably thinking the sport with all the lunatic fans, but that's part of the game! Everybody screaming at the top of their lungs, banging everything they can that's right the 12th Man! Seahawk turf! Did you know Seattle has the most false starts against the opponent. 95! That's the most false starts in the NFL! Someday I hope that I'll be there with them as a hawk. Seattle has gone to 2 of the last 4 Super bowls (Pittsburg has gone to 7 winning all.) The last two years though injuries have plagued them. I want to be the guy to bring them back I want to be a corner. Like Antoine Winfield (I don't know how to spell his name) but any way he's one of the best corners in the NFL. The second they touch the ball I'll be the one nailing them! The reason I want to be corner is its so energetic I mean like you eye down the QB when all of a sudden he ends the tricky count with a HUT! And he drops back fighting to get the ball away before the pass rush when he throws the ball away with a WOOSH! Then I go into action we both leap as if we were trying to jump to the moon! Then THUD! I feel the cold fleshy ball hit my glove. Now all I need to do is hit the ground and it's a interception! So that is my belief of beauty. FOOTBALL!

Fall time - Desmond

Desmond and I went looking for fall leaves and trees...I think we were a couple weeks late. But we did find a couple trees that were pretty. Desmond was sick during the time when it would have been great to get out there. But we went up to Port Gamble, not much luck there, then scavenger looked around Poulsbo. On our way home we came across the North Kitsap High school and the leaves were such a pretty red. So I thought the branch was low enough that Desmond could pull his whole body up. Well it probably took about 5 minutes with me trying to lift him all these different ways and us just laughing so hard. We were sure that we looked pretty funny to cars passing by with me trying to get him in that tree.

Movie's that I have watched lately

We went to the movies today and saw The Blind Side! What a very touching movie. True story too! I recommend it!!! I would buy this movie when it comes out. Sandra Bullock is great in this movie.
Also I rented The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. This a different movie. It was good, they did a good job with make-up on Brad Pitt. The movie showed the viewer a different way to view life from Brad Pitt being born a old man to him getting younger and younger - till he is a little boy. What an imagination some people have!
Seven Pounds - has Will Smith in it. Not what I expected in this movie, but very good, very touching. Will Smith is a good actor anyway so I like most of his movies anyway. You have to pay attention in this movie or you will things.

The guys go to the Seahawk game

Desmond, Art (Pa) and family friend Bob who is up from Texas all went to the Seahawk game today! Great weather and they WON! 41 to 0. Desmond had a blast and can't wipe the smile off of his face. The three of them caught a morning ferry over to Seattle, went to the Seahawk store and Desmond got an update jersey (since his was three years old and getting "small" as Pa puts it) and hat. Desmond chose a Tatupu jersey and I guess the story goes that while walking in to give the "ticket person" their tickets to enter the game this lady points at Desmond and said that he has her son's jersey on. So Tatupu's mom took their tickets. Desmond was in a haze and it didn't register till after walking away who that was. Art said that she had on this hugh diamond ring and it had the number 51 in the middle of the ring (his jersey #). They sat on the end zone. Ate Iver's for dinner on the way home. All three came in and well you can see what they looked like! Too funny!

GERMS

I was reading in one of health magazines that we get an article on GERMS and "what you should know to protect yourself." I started to read the first paragraph to Desmond, then thought I would share with you. Also as a reminder to me later on.
"Ever wonder how you caught that last cold or flu? Think back about three days and consider the possibilities. Perhaps you opened doors, used a public toilet, handled money, saw a friend who was feeling under the weather, endorsed a check with the bank's pen, sliced raw chicken on a cutting board, repotted a plant or changed your cat's little box. And thoughout that day you scratched your nose, rubbed your eyes, and grabbed a quick snack - without washing your hands."
"Flu and cold viruses can travel 3 to 6 feet from a cough or sneeze and live on a surface up to 48 hours."
That last sentence grabbed my attention! How long they can last and how far they can go.
"Flu and cold viruses can live on a surface from a few seconds to 48 hours; E. coli for a few hours to a day; the stomach flu for days or weeks; and hepatitis for weeks or months."
This is just to help educate you and help keep all of us healthy!

Desmond's exotic bug collection

So Desmond started collecting bugs with these. We had a store in the mall that sold these exotic bugs from Asia. They are cool except for the glow in the dark spider that is hanging on the bottom second left, when ever I look into Desmond's room at night I have to not look at the wall that is just outside his door because of that spider. Any one who knows me knows I don't like bugs especially spiders. So this is what started his collection of his own catching of bugs from Oklahoma that he entered in the fair.

Desmond made this holder and designed it himself.