So as Brian and Jake were off goofing around in Omaha, shooting the breeze with their buddies, drinking Gatorade (or beer) and eating nachos…this mom was going a million different directions, cleaning uniforms, packing food, and applying sunscreen.  Morgan’s team competed in the Challenger Cup at Stump and Swarner Parks.  They went 1 and 2 for the tourney but they they ended on a high note.  They won their last game, 4-1.  It was so fun to watch!  These girls work really hard but most of the time it doesn’t end the way they hope.  To see them so excited for a victory was very satisfying for me.  I like to think that I’m their biggest and most loyal fan 😉   Even Drew was cheering them on!   Let’s call it like it is…he is not great at actually watching his siblings sporting events.  He pretty much wants to eat snacks and play on his iPad, so to get a cheer out of him is pretty ground-breaking.  Morgan even had a beautiful corner-kick assist for a goal.  Yay MoMo!  

In between these soccer games, Drew was playing so hard with his StrikeZone Bulldogs.  They were competing in the Spring Fling Tourney at 3and2.  On Saturday I witnessed the craziest game I may ever see in 8 year old baseball.  The game went 9 innings and 2 and a half hours long, an hour over time limit, since tourney games can’t end in ties.  This all occurred immediately after they had just played an intense game.  These boys had been playing solid baseball from 9:45am til 2pm.  I’ve never seen anything like it!  3 extra innings where they started the last batter on 2nd and 1 out on the board.  I feel like we had the whole complex watching us.  In the end, the opponents came out on top by 1 run.  The boys were bummed but they had done all they could, they had to be exhausted!  Plus, there was still more ball to play on Sunday.  Honestly, I was just thanking my lucky stars that Reece had enough fake animals to play with, coloring pads, snacks, and a friend to keep herself occupied for that long!  We made it just in time to get to another soccer game.  Talk about a long day!

By Sunday afternoon, they went 2 and 2 for the tourney and missed the finals game by a few runs so we headed home.  To make my sad little boy’s day even more awesome, I made him get a haircut.  This was the cherry on top of his ‘horrible day.’  That’s what mom’s are supposed to do right…make them miserable!?  Listen…I have limited time to get everything done and getting him a haircut had been on my list for weeks so when my afternoon freed up a bit, I jumped on the chance. 

He grew to love his haircut over the next few hours and we made it through the crazy weekend.  I have a super awesome baseball flip flop burn/tan line to show for it!  I’ve decided to embrace it and wear it proudly…