Thursday, October 18, 2007

really cute story about kids


i've been working in a 4K classroom on and off this year.  today while the kids were in center time, i go over by two boys who are playing with one of those Magna Doodles.  these are 4 year old kids.  the one (who is pretty bright and can write his name) is teaching the other one how to write his name.  it was just so cute to hear him say, don't worry i can teach you.

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:34:00 -0700

More on Soccer


Like i have mentioned my boy is playing soccer for the town's rec center.  he is in the 6 & 7 year old league.  at practice today there were 2 teams on the field that we usually practice in, dressed up in their uniform.  our coach just moved over to the other field instead.  after about 30 minutes the other team that practices on the other half of the field shows up and the coach is not happy.  he is pacing on the grass by the parking lot calling the rec center to find out why these teams are there playing there when that's the field that they practice on and blah blah blah.  about 5 minutes later someboy from the rec center comes over and tells the 2 teams that they have to leave because of this.  i go over cause i know a couple of the kids on the field and ask them if they had been able to finish their game. no, they say, and they would have been more than happy to stop their scrimmage if the guy had come over to them and said "hey we practice here  now, how much longer are you going to be?"

the worst part of this was that the team scrimmaging today, had boycotted their game on saturday because the coach of the team that they were supposed to play is a real a$$h*ole.

and this is a 6&7 year old league.  can you imagine when these kids are older??


Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:23:00 -0700

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Boonies


OK so i live in this fairly sub-urban town.  Yea we're outside of Charleston SC which has just about everything, but who the hell wants to drive 25-30 minutes to find a restaurant to eat.  Some people might enjoy this, but i would love to get in my car drive to main street and find a place to eat.  Well apparently my town is getting bigger, maybe it's because GOOGLE is opening up it's new data center just up the road.  Anyway, i digress, we just got a Japanese restaurant.  I looooooove it!!!!! 

Just opened today and so we swung by afterschool to get something to eat.  Now all we need is a Cheesecake factory and we're all set.


Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:18:00 -0700

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Soccer


The boy is playing soccer and he had a game this past saturday.  I did not accidentally kind of miss it like last week.  He was plaing against his best bud from class who is a really good athlete.  First quarter his buddy scores a goal.  The boy sat out first quarter and goes in second quarter in Offense.  His buddy goes in as goalie, which was great for us because now he couldn't score.  The boy and the other 2 in the front line took the ball all the way to the goal, and in a moment of glory my son gets his foot on the ball, kicks it, and SCORES!!!!

OMG i am jumping up and down on the sideline, not sure if i actually saw that right and the boy runs to me with the biggest grin on his face, pumping his arms up and down.  I was so proud.


Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:30:00 -0700

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

total senior moment


this past week it rained all week and so soccer practice was cancelled.  on saturday morning we're all sitting around in our pajamas.  the girl is on the computer working on a book report, i'm reading the book she's doing the report on, the husband is reading the newspaper and the boy is watching cartoons.  i put the book down and look at the time.  it's 10:29 and i think out loud how strange it is that the coach hasn't called to cancel the game yet.  i call the coach and can't get a hold of him.  i call my friend to see if her coach has called, she says no.  i look at the schedule and it's an 11 am game.  in a matter of 5 minutes i showered, got  his uniform on him and rallied everyone to get dressed. needless to say we got there at 11 oclock.  the game had not been cancelled and it was a mudfest.  i am such a dingbat!!


Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:35:00 -0700