September 19, 2007

ask and you shall recieve (and then you will start to wonder why you asked in the first place)

Remember how Charlie really REALLY wanted to play soccer? And how I felt bad because I didn’t realize that K-8 ALSO meant “pre-K kids if you ask nicely”?

The next time you hear me say that I felt bad about not doing something for my kids, smack me. Please.

Over the weekend, at one of Henry’s games, Wade started talking to some other moms with kids on the kindergarten teams, and one of them mentioned that they were still scrambling for players. And so, because he’s a good dad, he said, “Oh my son might like to play,” and then he came and found me and said, “Go talk to Beth, she thinks she can get Charlie hooked up to play soccer.

And thus it came to pass that Charlie is playing soccer. Amen. (more…)

September 18, 2007

funny AND family oriented!

We spent our weekend shuttling to soccer games (I know it’s Tuesday but honestly, it’s taken me THIS LONG to catch up from the weekend). Henry had a game on Saturday, which he did not get to play in because despite my reminding him THREE HUNDRED TIMES to put his shin guards on, he left the house without them and the ref refused to let him in the game because the league rules say everyone has to have a jersey and shin guards.

Henry spend his game sitting on the grass next to the field alternately begging to play and begging to go home, or at least sit somewhere more comfortable (no, you will sit here because that’s what you do when you’re part of a team, and also when you have me as your mother) while one other child on his team spent the game begging NOT to play. It was awesome, particularly for the coach, who repeatedly turned around, saw Henry in his jersey just sitting there, reached out to grab him, and THEN remembered that he couldn’t play.

It was that kind of weekend. (more…)

September 13, 2007

to the woman sitting behind me in church this morning

A kazoo is perhaps NOT the best toy to give a preschooler during Mass.

I’m just saying.

(Manicure update: not chipped yet!)

September 12, 2007

I thought you might want to see what I’ve been doing all week

Here’s what Boy Scouts looked like last night.

Henry loves his uniform, even without the patches. Frankly, the amount of polyester in that shirt makes me itch every time I get near him. But that smile makes me so happy.

And this is for Chris, who called as I was on the way to the nail salon today and said, “I haven’t talked to another adult ALL DAY.” And then suggested that I take pictures during my pedicure, to entertain her.

The Internet does NOT need pictures of my feet, and I would rather entertain her with wine, honestly. But this is the best I can do.

September 11, 2007

always be prepared

Henry has a Cub Scout meeting tonight, his second this week. And yes, I realize that it is ONLY TUESDAY, but this is our SECOND Cub Scout meeting. THIS WEEK.

These Cub Scouts are hard core.

No, not really; there was a complicated scheduling thing this month because the FIRST Monday of September is a holiday, which meant that the Pack Meeting (for ALL the scouts in the school) had to be held LAST night (if you want to buy some Boy Scout popcorn, I’m your girl) and then TONIGHT is the Den Meeting (for just the little kids).

I know you don’t really care about all that. Frankly, I wouldn’t either except that I have had to GO to BOTH of these meetings, because my husband, who said, “Scouting will be FUN! Let’s do it!” is on a business trip and will get home about the same time we return from Cub Scout Hell: The Sequal.

Nice. (more…)

September 10, 2007

wouldn’t you like to be a Superhero, too?

Once upon a time, I was a mommy blogger who liked shoes. A lot. Perhaps to an unreasonable degree. And so last winter, during NaBloPoMo, I decided that it would be fun to post a picture of my shoes every day for a month (because even if I didn’t have ANY kind of content, I would certainly have SHOES on and I could use photos as filler). And then Chris (who also has a a deep and abiding love of shoes) said, “We need a Flickr pool!” And thus NoBloShoeMo (”Show us your shoes!”) was born.

The NoBloShoeMo pool was about the most fun I had last winter (seriously). And so when we started brainstorming at The Working Closet about Fun Things To Do, I said, “We need a Flickr pool!”

And The Working Closet Flickr pool (”What did YOU wear to work today?”) was born. (more…)