Dance with me Princess

The other night I had put a Jim Brickman's Disney CD in the Computer. As the music started Lauren ran to her room and put on her Cinderella costume. (99.9% of her life is centered around horses, but once in a while she decides to be a princess.) "Mom, please put on the Cinderella Video..." Lauren asked. I could hardly resist. On this Particular Jim Brickman CD there is a video for the song Beautiful, sung by Wayne Brady. Lauren loves to watch and dance just like Cinderella. As the video started Lauren began to dance. She was so cute. But what tickled my heart was what happened next. Adam ran over to his sister and said, "Princess dance with me." They danced over and over. It was so much fun to see Adam spin his sister around the room. When Jeff arrived home Lauren asked her daddy to dance with her. He of course has always been her first prince charming. Jeff picked Lauren up and whirled her around as well. But Adam was not having any part it. He jumped in with his sword in hand and told his dad to put down his princess.

PBR or bust

On a recent Saturday we recived PBR world finals tickets from my boss. She was so excited to give them to us as she knew how much my kids love rodeo events. But what she did not know is how much Adam loves watching bull riding. After the last rodeo we attended Adam would ask his dad to play with him. "Dad you be the bull and I will fall off." So he understands the idea behind the sport. So when the kids heard we had tickets they were so excited. Each had to wear their cowboy best. Adam had his wranglers and boots, Lauren had her jeans and her boots as well.
The crowds were large, and loud as we arrived. Adam was very uncertain about what was going on. The fireworks scared him. I don't think he even saw a minute of the opening show. Which was amazing. It was only when the lights came up and the Cowboys started to ride that Adam came alive. I tried to capture his expressions as he watch intently each ride. But.....Adam would put his hand up and say "not me mom, the bulls. So I set the carmera on the sport setting and let it rip. He asked quite often since then to see the bulls in my camera. And look out dad, if Jeff gets down on his hands and knees Adam is on his back with one hand in the air. "GO DADDY GO!"


Adam tells me that when he grows up he wants to be a "BULL RIDER." Heaven help me!!!!