S.P.O.R.T.S

When I was in school, way back in the day, I was an average student. My favorite subject would have been Reading or English and what did I hate the most, other than Math? P.E.!! I stunk at physical education. I hated every game we had to play and I was that little girl that nobody wanted on their team. In fact, when I was the 'captain' and had to choose my teammates, everyone would groan when I called their name. And when I was not the captain? You guessed it, I was the last one chosen. Quite reluctantly, at that!

Sports has always, and still is, nowhere to be seen in my interests. I do not even like to watch it. Except for Gymnastics. I always dreamed about being a gymnast and I wanted to go the Olympics and do the floor exercise and win a gold medal. I could do a cartwheel, and that is about as far as that ever went, since 'way back in the day' there were no gymnastics classes within an hour of where I lived, that dream died fast.

Fast forward about 30 years later and my 10 year old is now on the 5th grade volleyball team at her school. I am so proud of her. Proud that not only is she showing an interest in something that I despised my whole life, but that she loves it and she is good at it! Obviously she did not get her sportsman-like genes from my eggs!

You can rest assured that when I go to her first game, she won't be dodging the ball and praying that it comes nowhere near her like a little girl I once knew!

Baby Baby Baby!

So we survived our girls weekend, just me and my daughters and we had a blast. Justin Bieber is a doll and he put on an awesome show. After the concert, my youngest calls her dad and says, "This was the best night of my whole life!" And to me she gushes, "Justin Bieber is so HOT!" Ok, if you say so! Pssshht!

It was great while it lasted, but summer is just about officially over and my babies go back to school next week!! I say babies, but Chelsea will be in 8th grade and Alyssa, my baby baby, is going to be in 5th! They are growing up so fast!

Speaking of fast, Chelsea had a check-up yesterday for her meds for her ADD, and she is now 5'4" and she weighs 146 pounds!! She is by no means big or overweight, just solid!! Pretty soon, she will be bigger than me and she's only 13!

I also learned some good news yesterday about her state testing for the 8th grade. I thought that if she did not pass it she would have to repeat the year and not be allowed to enter high school. However, what actually happens is she will be required to attend a month of summer school and as long as she has good attendance and behavior, she will then go on to the 9th grade.

One less thing for me to worry about! After all, I have a 10 year old in hot pursuit of a 16 year old famous boy who only looks 12!