Mothers Day

First a very special and warm thank you to all the Mothers out there. Especially all those who play such a bit part in my life: Kim, Mom, Cella, Connie, Tammy, Megan. Sorry for the late post but I couldn't come up with much last week. So just a big thank you for all the hard work and special roles you play in the lives of the children.

So, very definitely a low key Mothers Day. Kim had to work, and my Mom was out of town. So the only event was to go to Dennis' house in the afternoon. Which was very low key, I didn't even take any pictures.

Of course as soon as we got there there was some excitement, Dennis' 3 dogs came charging out of the house barking and poor James just froze, until the little dog jumped out and bit him on the leg. Dennis & Megan quickly got the dogs inside and in the back yard. Megan got James bandaged up. I was very calm, did not lose my cool as I normally do when one of the kids gets hurt in a non accident. James eventually calmed down and was able to even play some with the dogs as the afternoon wore on.

And the rest of the time was very relaxed, of course that is probably because Tammy's kids didn't show up until 7:30. She is the living epitome of the phrase 'she would show up late for her own funeral'. And of course she still had to go and get Brandon, so as near as we could determine she spent all of Mothers day without any of her kids. Since Mitchell was in town and had the older 3 all weekend. Really a classic example of her misplaced priorities.

James' soccer game went well, he had 2 very near assists, his teammates were just off on the shots. He continues to really grow in his field/court sense. I think I will ask his coach this week if he thinks he should go to the 7-8 year olds next year or stay 1 more year in the 5-6 year olds.

I took Friday off so I could take James to see Iron Man, very good movie. We both really enjoyed it. It was worth it to take the time off.