Funny Guy

I have an all-natural, organic, original version comedian in my house. As the fella is watching TV last night and progressing from sitting to jumping on my bed, I request not once, but twice, that he sit down. When we reach time number three, he knows he's blown it.

"Turn the TV off and go play in your room," I instruct him.

Friends, Youngest did exactly what I expected. Not five minutes later, as my 8 year old is being bribed to play hairdresser (amounting to a free head massage, duh!), in walks Youngest.

"Mom..." he ever-so-politely says in his most charming voice, as he softly and gently places his hand on my arm. "Can we just..." (total dramatic pause for emphasis) "...start over?"
"What?!?" replies Baseball Chick. "That's what people in relationships say to each other."
"Of course, Youngest. We can start over." In other words, suckered once again to giving in to the most adorable child in this entire world. As the Hub would say: "SUCKA!"

I know you fine folks are wondering what this weekend has in store. We are geared up for a terrific night of football. Chantilly Chargers are chowing down on Herndon tonight. Considering the Herndon Hornets have had a just plain awful season so far, we're not thinking this is going to be too big of a spectacle. The Hub told Oldest to make sure his team plays smart; don't be overconfident and face a ridiculous upset. Biggest news might have to be that it's going to be all of 30 degrees out tonight. Can you say El-Freez-O? Brrrr....

The really, really big news would actually have to be that this is Senior Night. Our baby boy gets to escort us. Or we escort him? Can't quite figure out who's escorting who. In any case, the Hub, Oldest and I will be strutting out on that field to show our bright smiles, proud hearts and our senior boy as he wraps us his final high school football season. Regular season anyway, We're anticipating district, regional and duh...state wins! As my fellow fans of Friday Night Lights TV show know all too well...we're going to States!

Once we thaw out from tonight, we've got 2 soccer games and 1 baseball game tomorrow. Regretably we have some overlap. The baseball and 1 soccer game convene at the same time. And just in time to interrupt an afternoon nap for me, Youngest plays at 4pm. If Soccer Chick's team can pull out a win Saturday they will pull their record from a jaw-dropping 0-3 record to 3-3. Who in the world knows what Baseball Chick's record is. I don't think anyone truly knows at this point. Good news is her team is full of good hitters. Miraculously games are not lasting for 2 hours any more. That's enough to cheer for right there. And Youngest, well, I have a sneaking suspicion Youngest is going to dominate that ball again this week. He's gotten warmed up and refined those dance moves, those hips-shaking, those comical facial expressions to create a soccer star even David Beckham would want to meet. There is no package quite like this one.