I yell, “Time for lacrosse!” The girl runs to the car. I gather my stuff and follow her. She’s buckled into her seat. Me: Do you have your stick? Pie: Mmm… No. Me: Do you have your water bottle? Pie: Nope. Me: Do you have your goggles? Pie: No. Me: What do you have? Pie: [...]
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
But, apparently, there is crying in lacrosse. The girl has been excited for lacrosse for years. She’s been begging to play lacrosse since she first saw our next door neighbor with her lacrosse equipment. There is no preschool lacrosse. I can see why. I’m not really sure why there’s kindergarten lacrosse. This is not a [...]
Actually, it’s supposed to be “Fit Kidz,” but I can’t bring myself to do that. It’s just wrong. Two moms at my kids’ school (Beetle is one of them!) decided to bring a before-school fitness program to the school. It’s based on the work of Dr. John J. Ratey in his book Spark: The Revolutionary [...]
Friday, February 12, 2010
I’ve been suckered. It’s 7:59 p.m. and I’ve got two incredibly sleepy children next to me. But I made the mistake earlier of saying, “Hey, the Olympic opening ceremonies are on at 7:30. If you guys want to stay up late, you can watch it.” They, of course, took me up on the offer, and [...]
Many of you know that my father is, proudly, from New Jersey. Don’t go teasin’ with any of that “What exit are you?” He’ll have none of that. But you may not know that my mother is an actual Southerner. I don’t mean Miami Beach. Plenty of people have asked me what it’s like to [...]
(photo from Miami Herald)The only bad thing about going to Miami in January is coming home. Nothing like leaving 75 degrees for single digits. While I did miss my family while I was gone, I discovered this amazing thing: sleep! Friday night I slept so soundly, with no elbows, knees, and feet in my sides. [...]
It wasn’t pretty (well, actually it was gorgeous, but I’m not talking about the scenery), but we made it over the finish line. I’m hoping Ollie forgets the pain soon enough to start planning the next marathon, but I’m not hopeful. However, he made it across in under 5 hours (4:47:23, to be exact), and [...]
Saturday, October 18, 2008
This morning was the boy’s first day of hockey. He’s taking instructional, which covers things like basic skating, stick handling, swearing, passing, body checking, shooting, teeth replacement, and all the other necessities of hockey. It’s the first step on the long road of 5 a.m. practices, traveling teams, and hockey dads (which seem to be [...]