Is it Sunday night already?

Okay, so Saturday morning...I took the boys to Dick's Sporting Goods and bought Ian a new pair of cleats. Since they were all priced the same I let him pick them out. He chose...are you ready??? A big shocker...LOL...you got it! Black nike cleats with red and white on them for NC State! LOL So now he was excited to go to the soccer clinic!

We got to the field very early (30 min early thinking there would be TONS of people). Nope. the Duke team showed up a few minutes after 11am (guesss they wanted to make a grand entrance). There were probably around 50 or so kids there. So, the coach called for all 5 and unders to go in one group. Well, there were about 10 there. I think Ian was probably the oldest in that group...the ONLY kid who listened, the ONLY kid who paid attention and one of a few who didn't cry. Yes, tons of 4 year olds who didn't really want to be there. They had 4 stations and were in each station for about 10 minutes or so. About 4 or 5 Duke soccer players were at each station, so the ratio was pretty good. Ian had great comments from the first group, but they pretty much ignored him in the rest of the groups because he was not obnoxious, rude, crying, etc. Anyway...

After all that soccer, the coach called everyone together. He had "prizes" to give out which were posters. Anyone wearing something that said DUKE got to get two extra items. Okay, whatever. I purposely did NOT have Ian wear ANY NC State gear because I did NOT want him to get picked on or told to run sprints. Mind you Gavin had one on and was on the field with me. hee hee So...Ian LOVES prizes and wants a poster to get autographs. So, he raises his hand for EVERY question. Questions such as "Who played against the Railhawks last Saturday?" Ian answers to the coach, "Rhinos." His response was, "Rhinos is a team in the MLS?" First of all, Ian doesn't know MLS and second of all...could the coach have said, "Good try." Nope. So, after a bunch of questions were asked and kids were getting these posters...the coach gave a stack to 2 players and told them to hand them out. Well, Ian had his hand on one, but a kid took it from him. So yes...Ian was one of THREE kids (yes, I noticed) who did NOT receive a poster. Then I had Gavin having a meltdown because he wanted one. So, trying to convince Ian that it was okay he didn't get one...we get into the car and I drive away (steaming!!!!). Ian says, "The Duke Men's Soccer Team didn't think I did a great job because I didn't get to get a poster." Okay, so rip my heart out. I told him that he did a GREAT job and the Duke coach was VERY disorganized and unprepared and should have had enough for all the kids. So, he was very sad. He got anything he asked for on the way home.

So, I was FUMING...didn't call mom, didn't call Cailean and didn't call Leslie back. Why? I had ears in the backseat! When we got home, I went to the garage and called Cailean at work. Within 15 minutes I had typed up a letter to the coach (well written I might add) and sent it to the coach. Cailean talked to Ian on the phone and Ian told him what happened and said mom thought I did a great job, but Duke didn't think so.

Okay...we've moved on from that. I hold grudges, so I will NEVER like Duke.

Saturday night we had dinner at mom's with the Reid family. OH MY GOSH...what a blast! The four kids had soooooooooo much fun together and my grandparents were soooo excited that they had company over! I don't think Rob was in the house 2 seconds and Pop-pop was showing him the map of Africa and Rob was given a book. LOL LOL We watched a NCSU wrestler win the National title on tv, so that was exciting. It was a late night and we sure did pay for it today.

Cailean took today off, so he went to church with us, helped out in Sunday School and then enjoyed the Bob Evans outing. Ian went with my mom for the afternoon. Gavin came home with us and chose not to take a nap, so we took care of a few things outside before heading back over to mom's.

Another busy week ahead of us...I'll keep you posted on the happenings as they come!