Motocross Boy

Motocross Boy is very handsome. Especially when I Photoshop the dirt off his face!

This week is ADHD Awareness Week and we've been helping Motocross Boy celebrate his badge of honor. ADHD isn't something most of us would choose to have but just about everyone knows someone with ADHD whether its ever been diagnosed formally or not. Think of someone you know who can hyperfocus to the point of obsession, yet has a great personality. Someone who has a strong sense of what is fair but willing to take risks. Someone who is funny yet romantic. Someone who has compassion and persistence and can always provide a different perspective. Sure, there are a few less desirable traits such as being a bit disorganized but the good totally outweighs the bad leaving you with someone who is a very good person in general. Someone you WANT to be friends with. And Motocross Boy is all of this and more. He is the kid that motivates people to come up and tell me what a cool kid I have. He's my kid that has to try harder than most but when he succeeds...he does it big. He constantly makes me very, very proud to be his mom.

Horses: The vet was out to see Stanley today and give him his fall shots. He also got his first of 3 injections of Legend to help lubricate his aging joints. He isn't showing any real signs of arthritis or stiffness and his last x-rays showed his hocks to be remarkably clean but at 12 years old and having shown as long and as much as he has, I really feel that the Legend will just make things feel a little bit better for the ol' guy.

Motocross: One of the key items in the motocross trailer is the power washer. Seems odd but when the bikes race in heavy dirt and/or mud, they can get really weighed down by that mud and need to be cleaned between races. It's also a good idea to clean the air filter after each race so the motor can "breath"... A clean bike is a good thing. But last race the power washer wasn't working - no water coming out. Scott tore it apart top to bottom trying to figure out what was wrong. He came in this morning to show me a piece of it where two tiny pieces had gotten pushed down into the part...and the exits were too small to get the tiny pieces out. But being a resourceful kind of guy, he managed to break those tiny pieces into even tinier pieces to shake them out... I would have bought a new one.

Homeschooling: I have no idea how...Motocross Boy got all his work done for the week though I am having to trust him a bit more than I normally would since he didn't actually GIVE me a few quizzes and assignments. He supposedly did them on line but they wouldn't print and he didn't know how to email them.

Jury is still out on whether I like this new Homeschool Skedtrack...I can't figure out what happens to assignments when the kids don't mark them done but I go in and approve the day's assignments...they seem to get marked as done but shouldn't be...

I am really, really liking the Adaptive Curriculum for Science for both kids and math for Motocross Boy. Haven't heard a single complaint.

This afternoon the kids were watching something that was based in the White House but wasn't an education type of show. I hear Motocross Boy, "How did they get all those cameras in the White House to film this show?" Equestrian Girl replies, "That's not the REAL White House!!! It's just a made up house for this show!!"