I was flipping through a Woman's Day magazine and ran across this article (written by Paula Spencer) that cracked me up! This is how the article begins...
I'm standing in one of those parent-meeting clusters listening to my daughter's new soccer coach go over uniforms, practice times and contact info. "Is there anything else?" she asks, looking around...
"What about the snack schedule?" a mom pipes up. Heads nod in agreement.
My heart sinks. Ten-year-old girls can't run around for an hour without needing a juice box and crackers? I spend enough money feeding my own kids. And it's just one more thing I have to remember! No wonder obesity is a problem, when kids can't do an activity without the inevitable snack at the end of it!"
I'm not quite that extreme, but I did find it funny to see this in print when I have had similar thoughts! I don't mind having a schedule and bringing snacks. For those of you with kids in sports, you can probably attest to the fact that the kids do look forward to the snack almost more than playing the sport itself! Ha! Where I do agree that it gets a little ridiculous, though, is when the snack person isn't there or forgets to bring it and all the other parents FREAK OUT because there is no snack! And inevitably one of them volunteers to run to the store real quick to get something! Good grief! How about letting the kids (gasp) deal with a minor disappointment and wait five minutes until they can get a snack at home! (I realize that, since I'm saying this, it will probably be one of my children that throws the biggest fit the next time there's no snack... Ha!)
Happy snacking!
In honor of the Final Four... Just kidding! I really don't care! Ha! Seriously, though... I figured since baseball season is now in full swing, I should get the basketball pictures posted! I wasn't able to get any good action shots, but here are a couple pictures from the end of season awards assembly. (They always get a fun, practical "award" like a basketball or sport bag, instead of a trophy.)
