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Monday, April 20, 2009

A Fun Weekend

We here in the Giraffe household had a good but busy weekend. Friday night was our older son's (OS) testing for his yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do. I'm pleased to say that he not only passed but did an excellent job. Actually the testing itself was really nice to watch. It sort of reminded me of a ballet recital for little kids in that they went through all the different moves they had learned and did board breaking so that the parents had a chance to see everything. The Big Giraffe hadn't been able to make any of OS's board breaking before so he was glad that he got to watch OS in action. Because this is the first belt testing for the kids going from white belt, they all got trophies. Back when I was the perfect mom (which of course was well before I had children), I wasn't a big fan of trophies for everyone. However, all the kids were so excited over them and so proud of themselves that I actually now support it.

Saturday was OS's first soccer game. Yes, it was a bit like herding cats. OS and his teammates were quite proud of themselves for scoring goals. Unfortunately they scored goals against their team, but they were happy and had a good time and that's all that counts! OS is suddenly completely into soccer. In fact, when the Big Giraffe took OS shopping for clothing at Old Navy later that day, OS refused to take off his uniform. He was happy though when the Big Giraffe bought him some additional soccer shorts there. Suddenly the boy who would only wear sweatpants wanted nothing but soccer shorts. For the past few days, he's continuously worn his new soccer shorts, even when it is cold and gray. Right before OS started soccer, the Big Giraffe told me that he and OS ran into a kid who not only wore his uniform shirt and shorts to the grocery store, but wore his cleats. I wonder how long it will be until OS is the kid in the soccer gear in the grocery store.

Our younger son (YS) was most disappointed that he wasn't allowed to play soccer. However, the mom who brought oranges let YS have some with the team during the breaks between the quarters, so he was mollified. I was more distressed with still needing to sit on the grass, but on Sunday the Big Giraffe did buy our spectator chairs, so next week we will be hip and with the program.

Even if we had spectator chairs for the first game, we still wouldn't have been cool because we were sitting in the wrong section of the field. The younger kids in our town play two simultaneous games on adjacent fields. Experienced parents sit outside of the field so that the kids who aren't on the field at any given time can sit together as teams. The Big Giraffe and I were between the fields with the other newbie parents. A veteran mom told me that none of us had fooled her into thinking we had done this before.

Sunday was an impromptu playdate. My friend's car battery died and I went over to jump her car. I ended up driving back to pick the boys so they could play with her son and their brand-new puppy. Then I had a baby shower, followed by a very fun birthday dinner for a friend. Whew! Needless to say I was tired when I woke up this morning...too late to get OS to preschool. Then I remembered: today is the beginning of that weird MA second spring break!!!! It's like this weekend is a full week long. OS requested a PJ day, although he quickly changed into one of the new t-shirts and pairs of soccer shorts he got with the Big Giraffe. so we just lounged around the house. I have some fun activities lined up for the rest of the week. Well, at least I think they're fun. Well, at least right now. You'll have to check with me on Sunday to be sure!

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Parents of soccer players need spectator chairs placed outside of the fields.

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