Last week, Tess started basketball at the Y. This is our first basketball go-round. I signed up to be a parent volunteer... and when I got to the parent meeting, I found Tess' name on the roster for Coach Tillman's team. Um, that's me? Sweet. Now what to do? I am coaching 4 and 5 year old boys and girls... make that 7 boys
(5 of which I have personally diagnosed with ADHD) and two angelic girls, one being Tess
(of course). I also have an assistant coach... a dad who thinks he's The Man because he helped out last year. Oh, and also probably because he is helping "a mom" coach basketball.
Yes, this may be what goes down next Monday at practice.
(click the text to see what I mean)
What really matters though is that Tess looked damn good for her first day of practice.
Yes, I said damn because this is basketball, dammit, and we mean business.
Practice ended up going really well, so much that Tess even wanted to go back the next night - which means a lot if you know how
well Tess and soccer got along.
Today, we went to the movies - Nora's very first movie, in fact.
No, Nora is not loving this hug from her big sister.
Little did we know that we picked the absolute best day ever to go to the movie theater. It was family day at the Birmingham Palladium and we got in
free. And they had
free popcorn,
free cupcakes,
free hot dogs and
free drinks! Did I mention that we didn't pay a dime?! AND Paws, Roary (the Lions' mascot) and Hooper (the Pistons' mascot) were there
(and Little Caesar too, but does he count?). Of course, the girls wouldn't get anywhere near them for a photo op. But Tess did go stand next to Willie Horton to get her picture taken! So cool!
