Warning: Video Clip Overload

As I was folding laundry yesterday (again, our never-ending laundry), the NCAA basketball tournament was on. While I can't remember what two teams were playing, I do remember watching a Coca-Cola commercial with a college athlete talking about his grandfather coming to watch him play and what that meant to him. For some reason, it got me a little choked up. A soda commercial. I always find March Madness to be one of the more thrilling sports tournaments of the year. There is always a number of crazy games and the emotions run so high. My favorite part is, of course, watching the "One Shining Moment" montage at the end. It's a bit cheesy but the highlights, soft lighting, and music give me goose pimples every time. Here is my own version of One Shining Moment (we're not quite sure why he's doing what he's doing w/his tongue):

I don't know what's happened since I got married and had kids. Growing up, I would rarely choke up from watching a movie or TV show. Now, I become a complete mess. We watched the movie Babel last night (not recommended), and I had to turn my head away during some of the scenes involving children going through some kind of suffering, even heat exhaustion. It's silly because I know it's not real. But I don't even like it when Kwang plays jokes on the boys. Here he is reading a book with Jude about parent and baby animals and he purposely sets Jude up to say "I'm sad."

And here he is filming Eli demonstrating his latest act, the dramatic head tossing because he's upset. This is almost always done when there's food being prohibited:

And finally, here is Eli showing off his latest athletic skill-- kicking a soccer ball:

You may have wondered, "Wait, can he walk now?" which is a reasonable question. But as you can see from the clip, the answer is no. We've taught him to kick a soccer ball before successfully teaching him how to walk. So if there was a list of parents who exemplify how to logically raise a child, we would be on the other list.