My daughter played in a volleyball tournament this weekend in our nation’s capital. Her team joined 355 other teams — yes, I said 355. That’s a lot of teams. Over 4,000 girls from 12 through 18 competed on 48 volleyball…
Category: Preteens and Tweens
Capitol Hill Volleyball Tournament — Washington D.C. Convention Center — and Dig Pink
My daughter is on a 13s volleyball team. Her team is called a travel team. She plays setter soemtimes and server other times. She is not tall, but she reads the ball well. I’m not sure exactly what that means…but,…
Volleyball Tournament: Part 2
So, day #2 began much later than day #1. Sporty had to leave for her tournament at 12, which is much more civilized than 6 freaking 30 a.m. I followed 30 minutes later with Crafty and Adventure Boy. AB was…
Volleyball tournament: Part 1
Crafty Daughter on the court It’s 8:11 p.m. and Coach Dad is due any minute with our two girls. Crafty Daughter had a volleyball tournament about 1.5 hours from home. She has a tournament about 3 weekends a month. Yep,…
Eating By the Decades: My Children
Crafty Daughter in her “hat phase,” Adventure Boy in his “squirming to get out of the photo” phase, and Sporty daughter as a Cat (I don’t recall which one) from Cats. My three children were born to the same parents,…
Survived Spa No. 13
This weekend was busy. Crafty Daughter turned 13 today. Her family party was Friday. Her friend party was Saturday. Yesterday she had a volleyball tournament. In lieu of a post, here’s something I wrote for Typeamom: https://typeamom.net/component/option,com_mycontent/Itemid,81/id,1635/task,view/ The first two…
The Last Gasp of Christmas
Razor ride-on…here comes Crafty Daughter! Pajamas on Christmas Eve. Two-wheeler time for Adventure Boy. Toe socks and flip flops, but of course. Christmas will officially conclude tonight as Crafty Daughter has her volleyball Secret Santa dinner. It has been a…
Books and Children
I LOVE Books! Plain and simple. Some of my best Christmas gifts through the years have been books. When I was in middle and high school, I would look forward with great anticipation to my Christmas books. The only problem…I…
Will Christmas Happen This Year: An Update
To keep me honest and sane. let me give you a rundown on my Christmas status: Christmas tree mostly decorated…need to take boxes down to basement storage room so Sporty Daughter does not add just “one” more ornament. Living room…
Kids and Computers
Adventure Boy wants to get back to the laptop… Sporty Daughter loves www.WebKinz.com Crafty Daughter spends time on the computer doing schoolwork. With as much time as I spend on the computer it is no wonder my kids are computer…
