Last Game

This kid, the kid with the ball, he loves football.

I get the bad mom of the year award by forgetting to register him on time. In fact, thank god for my seeing the fact that Whit was at the high school stadium with her kid on FB or I would have never realized my mistake.

CT eventually got signed up. He was placed on a team where he knew no one. All the kids were from different schools.

What I love about this kid is, it didn’t matter one bit to him.  He went straight in to the heart of the beast and never looked back.

Umm yeah…summers over

I’m not exactly sure what happened to my blogging besides getting side tracked by a 70.3 mile World Championship race, the kids going to back to school and work.  But, here we are.

School is rolling smoothly enough.  CT’s Football season is in full swing and to be honest, actually all most over.  PJ’s soccer season is almost over and tryouts for next season have already begun.

And KP…not being the kid who wants to join a team sport, comes to all his siblings games and finds his own fun.

Last night he ran around and found treasures under the bleachers.  He came home with the following: a blue and pink 2 foot wire, a blush brush, 4 bolts, 6 nuts, 2 washers, a nickel, a piece of a ring, a fake pearl and some random pieces of metal which he claims can make a belt buckle out of.

I know that some 15 year old girl is really pissed she lost that blush brush but it has found a good home, KP is now using it to find fossils.

Summer 201: Day 74

Dad leaves for RAGNAR.

Good Luck, be safe, run like the wind!

How lucky

This week, CT and I have been kick’n it solo.  The other two little  monkeys are off at Chinese camp trying to remember how to move their mouths in such a fashion as to make those amazing sounds of language come out right.

Yesterday CT and I spent most of the day together: we had lunch, we ran errands, we did a little shopping, we cruised around town.

It’s a rare moment that I have only one child with me.  It’s a rare moment that I am not trying to do twelve things at once.

I realized (yet again) yesterday how fast I’m spinning and how fast my kids are growing up.

I have always known that CT is a great kid, but yesterday, I realized just how much more wonderful he has become.

He is funny and smart and super witty.  He is lovely and kind and generous.

As the day drew to a close, I squeezed him tight and thanked him for the day we had together…what a gift.

Summer 2011: Day 69

The fashion show pose, oh yeah, work it!

Summer 2011: Day 47

CT took this with my iphone…I have no idea how.

Summer 2011: Day 36

And stick a fork in it!

Last night, CT’s All Star team played their last game. It was amazing, as far as Little League goes, they fought hard and kept them at bay until the bitter bitter end. The team played a great game, but it was a tough one to walk away from.

And in that walking away, I have seen my son grow more this year than in any other. This year he has show more depth of character, more compassion, more understanding than in year’s past. His ability to deal with life’s loses have grown exponentially.

I’m so proud of you CT. Bumps in the road will always be there and it is a joy to watch you navigate them with such grace.

BTW, it totally helps having your best friend there talking it all over with you.

Thanks Sam!

Summer 2011: Day 19

$5 to untangle the three dog chains that sit by the back step.  They are such a gnarled mess that the dogs now poop on the rocks and deck because they are only allowed 1 1/5 feet to roam.

The photo was taken 1/2 way through the job at which point he told me he thought he should get paid $5 bucks a chain.  Yeah, I agree, the job sucks.

We negotiated to 5 bucks and the doughnut on the counter.

Done deal.

Summer 2011: Day 12

Taking a knee after the big game and 2nd place.

Summer 2011: Day 11

Awaiting the wisdom.

The A’s went into the Championships in last place.  Tomorrow they will play for 1st or 2nd.

Way to peak at the right time boys of summer!