Words to live by
If it is to be, it is up to me.
Last week John skipped Jack's Scout meeting so the two of us could have a date night. It turns out we picked the wrong night to skip Scouts: little man came home with all these 'awards'. These entitle him to belt loops if he and John so choose to pick them up. (Belt loops are badges that can be worn on the Scout's belt.) Way to go, Jack!
Wyatt has Show and Tell every Friday. He was determined that he would take in some of the ticket stubs from a baseball game he saw in Chicago this summer with his Grandpa. It was a pretty tense 10 minutes Friday morning trying to find the tickets that had magically disappeared.
Wyatt had his first soccer game of the season this weekend.
He managed to drive the ball down field once. I am not sure how he found the time to do that as he was busy chatting up his teammates. One time I looked over and found him lying in the grass looking like he was posing for Playgirl. I had to yell at him to get up as both teams were headed right for him and would have run over him in their CLEATS!
I am not sure, but I do think Wyatt's team (The Blue Lizards?) won the game. Here they are running through the post game parent tunnel. Go Blue Lizards!
Little man got to keep this for about all of 5 minutes. I did promise though that I would see if JP2 allows mohawk hair cuts. Let us know if you think Jack should get to keep a mohawk at his next hair cut!
I have no idea where it came from but the boys have a Lego magazine. It has all kinds of Legos that they are now begging me to buy for them. (Think Christmas if the boys are on your Christmas list.) So this magazine has Lego comic book stories and then there is a Wolverine/Magneto page where you get to fill in the bubbles and make your own comic story. I have been off at the theatre for the last three weeks and haven't had much time with my fellas so I sat down Sunday morning with Wyatt and we read all through this magazine and he had me fill in the the comic word bubbles for him 'cuz he "can only spell Wyatt and Zoo, Mommy."
I present to you, Wolverine Beats Down Magneto. by Wyatt Owen.
Play time at the park after Jack's soccer game Saturday morning.
The boys decided to climb all over the twisty slide.
Of course I had to help them both get on top of the first part, then it was "I can do it MYSELF!"
Jack was invited to a skating party a few weeks ago and he LOVED it. As soon as he heard there was a back to school skate party he started begging to go. Unfortunately I was not able to participate in the fun as I was stuck in a dark theater. I gave John his marching orders which included getting the boys to the party and getting some pictures for us. John SAYS this is a picture of Jack as he FLEW past John & Wyatt.
And since when did they have THESE things? This is like a walker for beginning skaters. John tells me that Wyatt was desperate to skate but refused to try it without his Daddy. John told me that Wyatt cried and cried and would not budge until John went out to skate with him. Poor John wound up spraining his wrist - looks like Daddy was the one who needed the walker!
Owenland Park Gallery is proud to present their most recent addition "Flowers in the Morning" by their newly appointed resident artist, Wyatt Owen. Note the triangular clouds and how they challenge our preconceived notion of the shape(s) of things. Note the small yellow sun in the upper right, how it floats beneath the red clouds. Note the bold signature of the artist, how it almost overwhelms the flowers in the morning.
What viewers might find most interesting about this project is the 'double sided' aspect the artist has included. On the reverse side of "Flowers in the Morning" you will find "Flowers at Night". The viewer cannot help but notice the flowers' stunning growth. I believe the Mr. Owen is trying to say that flowers grow and bloom when the sun isn't looking.
Owenland Park Gallery is looking forward to presenting more works by this young, energized artist in the years to come. Gallery representatives would not commit to speaking about specific details but hinted at commissioning a series of family and self portraits by Mr. Owen.
