The "Ear" saga

Isaac's journey to the ENT doctors was not with out incident. Yes they found the toy and yes they did extract it. (which we are saving for him to give to him on his wedding day as a wedding present because we won't be able to give a present...I will still be paying the ENT...you know the guy with the Porsch?) They put him in a child proof straight jacket to keep him from flailing around (umm...sure) he managed to get one arm free and tried to take out the Doc and his two assistants, and was yelling something about not being taken alive before they pend him down. They said you could hear him howling 3 blocks away! (he must have got this from his Mothers side because I don't remember being like this as a young child. My parents said I was like Mary Poppins...you know "practically prefect in every way!") When they got home I told my wife no more Sponge Bob.
Well Parker turned 20 this week...that means I have 2 post teens...wow. Him and Whitney are 2 weeks away from they're trip to Nigeria and are still waiting for Visa"s! Pray they come in time!
Back to the "ear saga" Isaac has promised us he won't stick anything smaller into his ear than his elbow...wow I can't wait to see how they get that out!!

Sunday was my 52nd birthday (when I was in my 20's I thought people in they're 50's were old...now I think people in they re 70's are old...your as young as your kids keep you!) Speaking of young kids, my youngest, Isaac, (5 going on 20) decided that his ears just weren't good enough the way God made them, so...he shoved some large object off the floor into his left ear. You ask why I am sharing this, well Sunday was my birthday and we had 2 baseball tournaments (read the blog "boys of summer ball") so my wife was going to take me out to a movie ( a good one) on Monday for my birthday.
Instead we were in the ER on Monday with Isaac and his modified left ear. Spending 51/2 hours in the Dallas ER with a fussy 5 yr. old was not my idea of a birthday night. We got home a little after midnight with a prognoses of heavy wax build up, but no toy in his ear. So Tuesday we took him to his Doctor in Salem who told us he has a toy shoved in his ear but he could not get it out. (gives you great confidence in the Dallas ER?)
This Friday we have to go to an ENT (ear, nose, throat) specialist to remove this EXPENSIVE ear modification.
The kids always ask me why we don't go to Disneyland, buy a new van or fix the fence's around the back yard...I say remember that time you stuck something in your ear?...the ENT bought a new Porsche instead!

Living out of coolers

The wild summer ball season has begun.(lady and gentlemen start your engines)
Last weekend was our first tournament weekend. We took 3 cars to church because we were going in 3 different directions...same tomorrow.
We initiated our coolers last weekend loaded with water, cheese sticks, apples, sodas, juices and Tuna fish sandwich's. My lovely wife put the sandwich's in a plastic bag ( you know where this is going) and I threw it on top of the ice in the cooler and assured her they would be ok (you have all made this mistake before too) which by the time we got to the game 3-4 hrs in the sun it was no longer a cooler but a not so cooler. Needless to say the Tuna fish bag sunk in the icy water(you would think the Tuna would be right at home) and there was a little hole in the bag. I'm thankful to report that the Tuna fish did fine in the icy waters of the cooler, but the bread surrounding the Tuna did not. The bread was happy to absorb all the water that leaked in to the bag. I promise that by the end of the season I will have the mastery of the cooler thing down.
So the moral of the the sog(a)gy Tuna story is double bag the sandwiches and place them in a float able tray.