What I learned this week...

You can check out more of What I learned posts over at JoLynn's Musings of a housewife.

I'm kind of winging it this week because I don't have anything jumping out at me but let's see what I can come up with.

It's probably better if I don't drink my favorite Starbucks drink during the kids Football games because the caffeine might make me get a little mouthy, and Mark may have to shush me :0. Have you noticed watching my kids play football seems to bring out the worst in me? In my defense, the league we are playing in did not do a very good job with the teams this year. I fondly call Connor's team "The Replacements". Have you ever seen that movie. It's where the real players go on strike and they find "replacements". It's kind of a hodge podge of players but they eventually learn to work together. Anyway Con's team only has 2 other teams to play against and one you saw in the video yesterday. are middle schoolers and they have played both flag and tackle together, so it's really lopsided. Alex is the youngest and smallest on his team.. he's used to being the smallest but surely there was a team of 8 yrs olds they could have put him on. Anyway he's doing fine but would probably have more fun if the other boys were closer to his age. I'm almost done, just hang in there with me.

What's the deal with these coaches that have sons on the team (99% of them do) which makes perfect sense but when you are playing in a rec league, why do they always (in my experience) show favoritism in playing their kids more and any position they want even though he may not be the best?

I know I sound like one of those whiny Moms and usually I really do just "pull up my big girl panties" (as Mom would say) and hang in there. I do know that team sports can be good for kids and they learn a lot about working with others but the mentality of some parents and coaches is just something I have a hard time swallowing.

Anyway, what I learned this week is that if sports are what the boys are passionate about right now, I will do my best to hang in there with them. I will give them the information I have as far as the ups and downs and realities as I see it, but let them make the choice for now.

In the meantime I will secretly hope they follow their other passions such as.. Alex and his music, and Connor with his geology and paleontology. It would be much easier on this mommy's heart :)

Your Gonna Miss This

I recently discovered this Bloggy carnival over at Bonnie's "Where did this all come from?" blog. You can link up at Pam's You're gonna miss this blog. On Saturday the boys had three flag football games between them. We had to be there early for pictures and practice so we spent the majority of the day outside on the field. Brrrrrrrrrrr. It was cold. The field they played the first 2 games on is always colder and windier then at our house which is close by. Anyway after about an hour we were numb from the cold. The boys trudged through but it got me to thinking about how I'm probably going to miss these days regardless of how miserable I may be physically.

Alex running for a Touchdown. It ended up not counting because they started from the wrong place. But, in my heart it will always be a touchdown :)




Connor had a rough game. The league we are in didn't do a very good job of matching teams. The team he played were older and bigger. They also play tackle fb together. Connor kept his chin up though and did his best. That's what it's all about in my book.

Flashback Friday 2007

I finally got around (with the help of Connor nagging me) to install the software for my Handy Cam Mark bought me for Mother's day 2 YEARS AGO! It's a really nice video camera, I just forget to use it. Also I sometimes prefer just taking pictures because when you are video taping sometimes you miss out on being in the moment.

Anyway I'm glad I finally got the movies off the camera and into the computer. Here are a couple of samples from May 2007 when I first got the camera. They are of a visit to Estes Park/Rocky Mountain Natl Park.

Showing the kids "our tree". We started carving the dates in 1987. Notice how concerned Alex was about it. Shhhhh don't tell anyone we carved on a tree in a national park.

Skylar and the Moose

Our new puppy Skylar loves to sneak into the boys rooms and steal things like, stuffed animals, slippers..etc. We try to keep their doors closed but sometimes they forget. This morning she came bounding up the stairs looking so proud. She had one of Connor's stuffed Moose that was bigger than her. It was pretty funny.

What's Cookin' Wednesday...

Make a Smilebox recipe