Marty-pants

Just wanted to drop a line to you, since it's been a while. Had a quick story from tonight I thought you might get a chuckle from. We were listening to Good Cop, Bad Cop and reading the lyrics and you asked what the n***a was and if it was a super bad word since it wasn't written out while all the other curse words were. So I had to explain to you the history of that word and how it came about, which sucked. I hate the ugliness and injustice of the world you'll learn about. But it was also a bit fun, because I got to teach you about how Abraham Lincoln used his chain gun and rocket launchers to defeat the Confederacy, and how one night President Lincoln snuck into Jefferson Davis's camp and single handedly beat him to a pulp, then brought him back to the Union where he was stuck in jail. I hope someday when you learn the actual facts that you appreciate my more humorous take on such dark events. On another note as we were tucking you in, you made sure to tell you

Martin’s Wishes While playing pirates with mommy, Martin found ‘X marks the spot for treasure.’ And as he dug it up there was a treasure chest full of 11 wishes. Mommy asked what he wished for, and here are his wishes. To be a grown up. To have golden toy cars. To be able to climb fast. To be a monkey and swing all over the place. To have a race car. To be a construction worker. To be a pirate. To be able to drive. <don’t remember> <don’t remember> And last was to never be heart broken. All of these wishes were Martin’s and Martin’s alone.  Martin then said all of them were true, they’re right over there. And gestured to his right, said here they come. And then he told mommy to get into his race car and they drove it into the house.

Over Christmas your aunt Sara brought what must be the dumbest game ever made. It's basically Russian Roulette with cream pies. You stick your face in a contraption loaded to slam whip cream into your face, roll a die, then turn a level that number of times. At some number of clicks a pie will be flung into the person's face. Violet drew the short straw on this one.

I'm not saying we had an epic 8 person 2 hour snow fight, but I'm not saying we didn't either.

We've been doing a lot of fishing recently. Your first day fishing, you caught nearly a dozen and learned to cast pretty well. Haven't had any good days since, but you're still a champ and keep trying until we're ready to go. And while you used to think the 4-wheelers were too bumpy, now you can't ride them enough. Today we had donuts, went fishing, went for 4-wheeling, you played with Parker while I drank beers with Chad, then you and I cooked hotdogs under the moon. Not a bad day at all.

We've been doing a lot of fishing recently. Your first day fishing, you caught nearly a dozen and learned to cast pretty well. Haven't had any good days since, but you're still a champ and keep trying until we're ready to go. And while you used to think the 4-wheelers were too bumpy, now you can't ride them enough. Today we had donuts, went fishing, went for 4-wheeling, you played with Parker while I drank beers with Chad, then you and I cooked hotdogs under the moon. Not a bad day at all.