ScooooooooRe!

(not a single picture turned out. sorry.)

Maverick has been asking to play soccer for over a year now, and his big day finally came to play.
We bought the soccer shorts, and shin guards, we bought water bottles, and pumped him up to have a "real" coach, and be on a TEAM. It's all he could talk about all day.
He ate every meal like it was a bowl of wheaties that would guarantee his best performance.
We showed up early to Soccer World walked in and met coach Kate (a girl) and she hi 5 Mave and gave Finn the okay to kick a few balls before start time.
Then when the whistle blew and it was time to begin....
He decided he didn't want to play and he was "just kidding us" that he wanted to play soccer.
And Finn ran and ran away from us begging to "Pleazzzze let me play soccer with coach Kate!"
It wasn't pretty.
We finally convinced the Reds to co operate. Finley came out of the arena, & Mave stayed in.
Before we knew it, he was dribbling the ball.....(with his hands)
Hi 5ing his teammates and talking smack with coach Kate.
He had the time of his life, and to watch Shawn watch Maverick was just as fun.
This ain't no ballet recital folks.....this is SPORTS!

Seeing RED on April 1st

My mind has been dreaming up April fools jokes to play on Shawn for the past couple weeks. After many ideas, I came up with one that would have him seeing RED.
The timing of him being post-call worked out just right, so as he was dreaming away,
the kids and I drove to the clinic and hijacked his office.
Maddie and her mad skills of hacking was able to come up with the pass word and
we successful in changing his screen saver.
When Shawn left for work the next day, he called us and I had given instructions to the kids
to answer with the UTE fight song. Then the 2nd and 3rd time we gave out indian whoop cries.
I better start now, working on next years idea......any thoughts?

Dinner with Dad

What does a mom do when Dad is on call every other night?
She makes dinner arrangements at the local hospital cafe.
The kids enjoy the smorgasbord of all the choices,
and then they all burn off late night energy by
attempting cartwheels down the underground subway.