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My Chaperone Duties

Jul

2011

I must admit, being a chaperone for my daughter’s volleyball team this year for the Volleyball Festival was rather uneventful, compared to last year. Our bus ride to Phoenix was good, no blown tires or girls throwing up. One of the other buses did break down and when we got off the freeway to see what was going on my first response was, “no one stopped to help us last year!” The drama was minimal between the girls and we even changed some room assignments around to put girls together that probably shouldn’t have been. We had a few girls ...

The Dog Ate What?

Nov

2010

My son was so excited when he came home from school because he lost yet another tooth while he was eating lunch. After the ooh, let me see where it came out and the don’t forget to put it under your pillow, we were rushing out the door to start our evening of practices. Fast forward, three hours later when we are all back home, tired and cranky. We walk in the door and what’s sitting on the floor all ripped to shreds, my son’s lunchbox. When I asked why would the dogs do that, I heard a loud OH ...

Fall Ball Drama 2

Sep

2008

We are officially a Little League family. For the first time our kids are all playing baseball. The twins started Tee Ball, and when I signed them up I asked Brandon, our 9 year old, if he wanted me to sign him up for baseball as well. He had never played before, but had expressed some interest in the past. He quickly said, “Yes,” but little did we know the drama that would follow. Brandon was placed on The Knights, a Minor League team, which consists of 9, 10, and 11 year olds. It was also one of the best groups of players in ...