It's All About the Butt

I think babies' butts are cute: so soft and dimply -- not a good trait on an adult -- so when I call a kid "butt", I'm certainly not being mean. On the contrary, it's a term of endearment that I save for a select few.

A is the OG Boot. We started out with butt and it evolved from there to booty and then boot. C came next, followed by RII and LM. Although those two don't really know it because I wasn't there to torment them with the name, they will always be "Boots" in my heart.

By 2004 I finally had my own Boot. My little J. I don't call him that too much these days, but I called him that for years. I have a weird way of saying it that sounds kind of like "Boo -ut." Every once in a while I still call him Butt, and I'm sure he'll put a halt to that very soon. M is also now part of the exclusive "Boot Club." She's the "Boot"-y Queen. The etymology on that one is different from the others, but in the end, "It's all about the butt."

Both D and I love shoes but this isn't about footwear at all. Our perfect pair of boots wasn't made by any designer -- no Ferragamo or Nike. It's a creation all our own -- our bootyful children: J and M.

All Laced Up !!!

These boots were made for walking and I'm attempting to run a marathon...just two weeks ago I didn't know what a blog was. Last night I sat down and created two. One for M and one for the family. I plan to create one for J as soon as I can think of a clever title for it -- This is my first post, and I'm still not exactly sure what I'm getting into. I feel kind of stupid doing it. From my understanding, a blog is a sort of online diary, right? If that's the case, a Word document would serve the same purpose, especially since I'm not really interested in anyone but me, D, and someday the kids reading it. Somehow, though, the "potential" of having it out there for the world to see makes it more exciting. Makes it more of a challenge to myself to come up with interesting things to write about out of a sometimes not-so-interesting day. Maybe it will open up my eyes and see things from other perspectives -- maybe not..I've kept a diary/journal off and on for a good part of my life and this is just another vehicle to keep that up.

I'm all laced up...on your mark, get set, GO !!