Acrobatics, Dogs, and Biting

What a day it has been. Charlie did not sleep through the night and I was so tired this morning. Max woke up in a terrible mood and was a cranky boy all day. Luckily Catie got up pretty fast and we were on time for school. Thank God for small blessings.

So we got to Karen's house and of course Max was afraid of the dogs and HAD to scream when we got there and his scream is enough to make me want to scream. I got everyone settled in and fed and then I got to cleaning. I guess I was making more noise than usual because Grandmother got up earlier than she normally does and we were off to the races! Max loves when she wakes up because he knows it is time for him to eat his yogurt and play. Today he decided to pretend to be a dog and bless Grandmothers heart, she played right along with Max. He crawled around like a dog and she pet him and totally played long with him and it was adorable.

We got home and as we walked in the door Max grabbed his blanket and bobby and headed upstairs and put himself down for a nap. It was really cute and impressive! Charlie took a good nap as well and I got a little done around the house. I had to get the boys up at 2 so that we could get ready to get Catie from school and go to acrobatics.


I tried to get Max excited about acro but it is hard to explain to a 2 year old what that is exactly. I told him he was going to do flips and he got excited and started saying he was going to go to "slips"! So we get Catie from school and fly over to the studio. What a disaster. Max freaked out when I took his shoes off and REFUSED to even go in the room. Catie tried to take him in there and I went in and sat which is frowned upon but nothing worked. He finally went in the room but only to roll down the ramps mats and didn't want anything to do with that class. Needless to say we un-enrolled him in acrobatics. Catie did very well in her class and I was impressed at how much she stood out from the other kids. She is really talented and I wished she would take it more seriously. We are pushing her in acrobatics because it helps her with sports and I think that a strong body is important when playing soccer or softball. If just one part of her is strong then she could damage the weaker parts and acro seems to strengthen every part of her body. Her muscles are long and lean and her upper body strength is great.

I got the call tonight from the head coach of our soccer team. He failed to show up at the meeting Sunday and so he had no information on the team or anything else. Good thing his trusty Assistant Coach was there and got all the info instead. So we talked and set up our practices and I guess Assistant in Soccer means "ALL THE WORK"!! I called all the parents and let them know when practice was and none of them liked the time so I had to veto the head coach and change the time to a little later in the evening. I am in for a real treat this season and I hope Catie gets how hard it is to coach and how much I love her to be doing this for her!!! It is so out of my comfort zone but it is good to connect with other parents and its a great opportunity for Catie to meet new friends. The only problem I have with coaching soccer is that there is no profanity. I am in BIG trouble on that one. I do understand the rule though!!

Our house is loud all the time and so I went outside to call these soccer parents and as I am on the phone with this very unpleasant father I hear all the kids start to cry. LOUD CRYING! I then heard Chas inside yelling and I continued to sit on that front step. I was not in the mood for the drama that my kids cause in the evening. Next thing I know Catie is outside crying and I hear Max screaming his head off inside. Charlie sounded like he was going to explode because he was crying so hard. SO I get off the phone and start with Catie. I asked her what happened and why was she crying. Max hauled off and bit her for no reason other than to be mean. I looked at her back where he got her and there was a huge bite mark and it was pretty bad. Max was crying because he got into a TON of trouble for biting Catie and Charlie was crying because all the kids crying scared him. It was nuts and I was glad when everyone got to bed.

Chas went to bed early and I stayed up with Charlie and watched a movie. I have to say Tyler Perry is one of my favorite writers and I have seen almost all of his movies. I LOVED Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Medea's Family reunion. I got Why Did I get Married the other day from our free trial with Netflix and it has been a movie I have been really wanting to see. The movie came last week and I have been trying to find a quiet moment to watch it and last night proved to be the first time in a week that it was quiet. Tyler Perry has a way of making you laugh, and then get angry, and then you cry, and just when you think you can't take anymore you get a shock and all you can do is laugh and then the ending is so wonderful and inspirational that you cry again. That movie was wonderful and I would love to own it one day. Tyler Perry has a real talent of adding God into his plays that makes it comfortable and not preachy or over bearing. I also have another one of his movies that I am going to watch the next time it gets quiet!