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Oh, great, my son (and ONLY boy) is sleeping over his friend's house, tonight and now I can't sleep. Oh, well. Stands to reason, since I pretty much messed my girls up of EVER being able to function at a normal level. GAH, indeed!

My son always asks me if he can sleep in his day tshirt, even though pj is right there for him. Of course I always say no. I don't get it. Is it a boy thing?

One of my sons takes a shower at night and then puts on his clothes for the next day and sleeps in them "to save time."

Whatever.

Oh, dear. My daughter is at the Y with friends at this very minute with an ATT wireless cell phone! I sure hopes she comes home with it.

And I know exactly what you mean about kids not bringing anything to spend the night. I don't like the cheap toothbrushes my dentist gives out, so I save those for these occasions. Apparently, they're not enough of a hook to get to kids to ask for them.

Oh yes your son is in for years of therapy all because if clean clothes! And as for the cell phone thing....mine was stolen last December and I will never understand this. Why steal a cell phone that you won't be able to use or sell! People dazzle me with their lack of intellect sometimes :)

The 3yo already argues with me -- every single day -- about the need for clean underwear. His poor concept of time notwithstanding, every morning he insists, "No, I put this underwear on last 40. It's still clean." [Or "next Tuesday." You get the picture.]

The 9yo [a girl] puts on clean underwear so often it's hard to keep it in her drawer.

It's got to be a boy thing....

My 15 y/o daughter keeps her own toothbrush at her 2 best friends' houses, so if she forgets, she still has one to use. Both moms know about it and approve.

My 13 y/o son, like many of the boys mentioned in the comments, is not really interested in the pre-planning it takes to actually pack for a night out, and is also the same about clean clothes - not so interested. On the plus side, it cuts down on laundry.

Always had a full box of toothbrushes and always spares on top of that.

Move on to little shampoo bottles, mini soaps and towels contorted into small fluffy animals, and you can make some money with this. Don't forget the mint on the pillow!

Welcome to my life, where cell phones are stolen at sleepovers, nobody brings anything to sleep over except cell phones (I now confiscate them because they spend all their time texting each other while they're in the same room, which I have declared antisocial), boys sleep in their clothing and don't change anything the next day, including underwear, and something you didn't mention, they eat you out of house and home. Yup, that's what I've been dealing with for about 5 years now. With no signs of change.

Some children have clean clothes?

Wait till I break the news to my kids at our family meeting. Should be interesting ;-).

My son is 15 and when he spends the night at a friends (I stopped calling them sleepovers when they stopped sleeping) he brings a backpack with his laptop, cell phone and Ipod and I'm sure there hasn't been a toothbrush or spare clothes in there for a couple years. It used to drive me crazy in the beginning, but now I worry about bigger things, like what they are doing when they "go for a walk". And whose car is he getting into. And are they sneaking out after the parents fall asleep?

Thank heavens - I thought Youngest was the only child in the whole world who thought nothing of sleeping in his clothes and then trying to wear them again the next day. MOST days I notice and make him change...MOST, I say. And he tries it every morning - waits for me to say "you wore that yesterday - change"...kind of like a game...a cruel, cruel game.

I picked up Travis from a sleepover yesterday - SAME CLOTHES and I guarantee you the toothbrush I packed wasn't used. Yuck. I made him get in the shower as soon as he hit the door AND brush his teeth. That's just icky.

I think it's a "boy" thing. My son would stay in the same clothes and never brush his teeth if someone (namely me) didn't make sure that his grooming was being taken care of.
I'm always looking for a new toothbrush, can I sleep over?

BusyMom! We discussed this a year or so ago...stop with the sleepovers already. They lead to nothing good. ( I'm only half kidding.) But, yeah, it's a 21st century kid thing. My son would come home, shower and sleep. All the kids who slept over stopped bringing anything with them in about 6th or 7th grade. Half the time they didn't even want blankets or pillows. They did fight over the couches, though. We did stop the sleepovers though. Next kid coming up! Yikes!

My daughter always packed a GIANT bag of stuff for a sleepover. Including her toothbrush. Girls not bringing stuff is odd.

We recently had a slumber party for 10 girls and at least half didn't bring a sleeping bag, blanket or pillow. What exactly were they planning on "sleeping" on?

And, I've yet to pick up my daughter in the morning from a party where she has actually changed out of her pj's. I've stopped making her pack a change of clothes because it is useless. She usually takes a toothbrush and nail polish. Only the necessities, I guess.

I found you on the scavenger hunt - but the comments were full. does this count?

We have our volleyball tryouts on Sunday. My 10-year-old is sure to make the 12s team...helps that Dad volunteered to coach her. She is a good player. She has learned a lot the past two seasons of recreational volleyball. My oldest is trying out for 13s...could be tough for her. She's only 4' 11". She's a good server, but some of the kids she will tryout with are quite tall. I guess someone has to have my height challengs.

My DD picked the tougher team, it is regional with an opportunity to go national later. Like next season later. A part of me is sad because this is probably the end of Irish dance, which she's been in since she was 4, but it is her decision. She'll still do Irish dance, but I doubt she'll be as into the competition side.
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Good luck this year! Our parent meeting is December 7th. I have a ton to learn about this, so we'll see what happens.

I have a volleyball.

(I'm just trying to fit in)

Them's the A, B, C's

My good friend's daughter played club volleyball in high school, followed by a Division 1 scholarship to play in college. I don't know if that's where your daughter is headed, but I wish her luck in the sport!

Whoo wee!! I never hear anyone in blogland talk about club volleyball. Both my daughters are in it. It costs a small fortune though! Our uniform fee is, get this $180 PER CHILD! I am about to check the link out on your post. I wish you a great day :)

Enough already. I am so sick of hearing about JCA. I think they own the Herlad News.

My 10 yo made the 12s team. My 12 yo made the 13 and under team. A happy day for the MomontheRun household! Now to get a paying gig to pay for the fees...

Doh! Where was this two weeks ago when I ordered my son's birhtday party invitations? :-)

So excited about the Tiny Prints code! I'm getting ready to make our holiday cards. Yay!

This is a great idea thanks for posting! We look forward to doing this!

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Hey, I've stopped by your blog occasionally. I have a 15 year old volleyball girl. We have committment day today. Not sure that I am happy but we will see. I have always been told by coaches it is much better to be on the court than on a better team but on the bench.

I only send cards on memorial day. Do they have memorial phhoto cards? Hmmmmmmm?

Thanks for the BDay wishes. It was sweet of ya!

Hope that foul mood's gone soon! And for myself (actually, for my kid), I'd probably pick Choice B. Two practices a week plus games sounds like enough to me, and extra playing time is a real plus. My kids always preferred being a big fish in a small pond to the opposite. JMHO, of course!

My 15 yr old daughter plays in a soccer club, on the mid-level team. The coaching is ok, not great. She starts and plays a majority of every game. I have discouraged her from trying out for the higher level for one reason: the girls at the higher level (and their parents) are just plain mean. They are focused on competition, and winning. There is great coaching, but a distinct lack of cameraderie or team. And they appear to have no fun at all.

My daughter loves soccer, and has fun at practice and during the games. Her team mates are like-minded.She takes a great deal of pride in being a starter and an important part of her team. She knows that it would be very different, less fun, less friendly, on the highest level of the club, so it was really a no-brainer. She didn;'t even consider trying out for that team. And, I should mention, she could play up there with those girls, if she decided she wanted to.

I have really NO idea what you're talking about (hardy har har). Have you asked what your child wants to do? Are they more into the competitive group or the other one? Let them make the decision.

You know, it took me a good four minutes to type that - my fingers must be all mushy!

B

I'm all for less time, more play. There is more actual game experience that way.

I'd look into the coaching a bit more if you can-quality coaching and lots of playing time could mean big things for your daughter. Better teams don't always translate to better coaching. Sometimes they can be full of themselves and teach the kids way more about poor sportsmanship than about the actual sport. Also, I'd consider the competition at the different levels. With choice B will she be challenged enough by the other teams? Will she be too challenged on choice A to learn much more than humiliation? I think Carolyn has a good point also-to consider the attitudes of the girls on both teams. Ok, so that's probably more than you wanted...Good luck making the decision!

Team... wha? Sorry. Distracted by that banana hammock directly below this post.

Uh, dinner was fun! I needed that! Yes, let's do it again soon!

Hey this is the time of year its tough to be in a good mood so its not just you :-)

Kevin
http://www.kidsdesk.net

Been there, done that :-)

First, ask the kid what they want to do. Most important :-)

Second, is the girl THAT good that she is likely to get scholarships for this sport? Is she a superstar? If not, then go for the playing time!!

My son played soccer and eventually ended up playing "travel" - don't know what that equates to in your neck of the woods. He made the "B" team the first year and had a lot of fun. He thought he wanted the "A" team because, well, they were the A Team! Power and Glory and all of that.

Two years later, at the annual tryouts (they all had to go through tryouts every single year), the A Team wanted him. He decided he did NOT want to play for them as the kids and coach were tough and mean and a lot of the kids just weren't having fun. He had made friends on his team, it was fun, they had good seasons and bad and he was usually one of the starting players and played a lot. If he had gone to the A Team he would not have been a starter (they had a handful of truly gifted players) and who knows how much play time he would have gotten. That coach also would bench a kid if they made a mistake.

He wanted to PLAY and to have FUN, not sit on a bench and be stressed out. He got to play with a lot of the A Team kids once they all got to high school and they were all of the JV and then the Varsity soccer team, and did not enjoy playing with them at all. It wasn't that they were better than him, yes, some of them were and he can accept that. It was their attitudes. Do all higher caliber team kids have that attitude? No, but this team certainly did.

He was a good player, but not so good that he would have gotten lots of college scholarships or be on a Nationals team or anything. My boss's son on the other hand ... they did the whole competitive route ... multi teams, coaches, clinics out the whazzoo. Lots of missed vacations, hours and hours and hours on the soccer field, lots and lots of money, constantly changing teams to get a good coach etc. And he is no further along than my son was at the same age. He is a swing player now and will only make the Varsity team when he is a senior just as my son did. My boss started to see the light and wished and they had not been so manic about this way back when and had more of a sane family life.

I'd go with the team/program that offers better coaching, training and conditioning. That will help the skill level, no matter where the kid is now, and ensure safety. At least, as much as you CAN ensure that. Haha.

I realize you are trying to keep the details sparse, but without the details, I can only say, "It depends."

There are definite benefits to both angles. You will learn a lot more "about" the game by playing the game more than practicing. If you are looking to refine skills more (something that will be playing longer, or hoping for a scholarship on) then the emphasis may lean more towards playing less and learning more.

You know your child to know what kind of competition level they prefer, and I suggest talking to the coaches to see what kind of coaching philosophy they have. I wish my parents had taken more time to investigate my coaches when I was younger. I played softball with a really rough, tough group of girls and while I got to do a lot of cool stuff, I got a lot less playing time (or played catcher.) It would have been nice to be able to be an important part of the team, win or lose, and have more time to just be a kid instead of always going to practice.

Also, if you are practicing a lot, what does that do to school work? Is the child at a level where the homework is starting to pile on? Do they need extra time for homework, or are they more likely to get a scholarship for academics than sports?

Just some thoughts I had. :)

I worked in college athletics for 8 years--the director was also the soccer coach and my boss. I learned a lot about sports and even more about coaching/coaches/playing etc.

A college coach will not only look at your child's ability--they will measure it against who they played with. Everyone can be a superstar on a team that isn't particularly challenging.

Playing on a team with others who are more skilled will raise your child's skill level. They will also strive for more playing time--which means they rise to the level of the best players on the team--as long as they have the ability.

Hope that makes sense. I talked to lots of parents on the phone and in person who thought their child deserved a scholarship because back in East wherever they were a star on their team--but their team and the leagues they played in weren't good, so it didn't really say much about their child's ability.

Also, where soccer is concerned...it is much better to play on a team for your school--especially when your school team has a good reputation. When you have to pay to play on a team--well, everyone can play, because they paid.

I'm going to guess this is about volleyball, since this is close to our latest dilemma and regional/national tryouts are generally held about now. Not a fun choice to make.

My DD made two different regional teams, one that took #1 in the region last year and qualified for nationals and it is VERY focused on the win, and the other seemed to be more focused on development, but the coaching was NOT as strong. (My DD is in 6th grade.)

I'm a total newbie, I didn't even know that travel volleyball existed before someone suggested she try out. I researched it, sought out high school coaches to find out their opinion, gathered as many facts as I could, then laid out all of my concerns and what I knew and was really honest with my DD. Then I left it up to her.

Good luck with this one!!

foul moods are best won by a $20 delivered pizza. Then angst over lost money.

I know Tony is in music and not sports, but we decided that he needed to work through the system and not jump over any aspect of it. He could have tried out for the international choir, but if he had made it, it meant he would have missed out on the fun, family aspect of the national choir. The international choir is run like a business, where as the national group is a family on tour.

I would suggest option B, and work through the system.

I'm cracking up at the 2 tubes of Jello! That made my day, hope you're in a better mood!

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(That was you in a bad mood?! Dang. You and your mood were more fun to hang out with than most people in a good one! Loved it.)

Since my girls seem to go for the weird solo-type sports (aerial silks, anyone?) I don't have much to add to the discourse. However, since I am more LazyMom than BusyMom, I'd personally go for the one that involved less driving for me.

"Jello Tubes" would be a great name for a rock band!

if you are looking at the sport as a potential scholarship then A. If your child is still under 14 then I would go with B.

Busy mom...I've been following you on Twitter and you just crack me up...I've favorited more of your comments than anyones! This argument is case in point...such logic! Such debate! Flawless mothering! I am in awe of your debate skills...and now I'm off to force the vegetable du jour down the throat of my DH (who can be finicky as a stupid cat at times)

Yeah, okay, what Paula Clare said.

War of the Peas - isn't that a Veggietales movie? HAHA No wait - I think it is Lord of the Beans...

Funny, my wife won't eat chicken at chain restaurants because she says it's "Safeway chicken"...Which I guess is different than Von's chicken.

Too funny - my sister in law just said her daughter (5) said she doesn't want to visit this weekend because last time we made her eat her peas. We run a tight ship around here!

I wish I could win some of these battles, so far my daughter would rather starve than eat something she doesn't like.

You tell him mom.

you win peas- bwahahaha!!

Listen: Don't knock it. Peas are good for you. Along with beans and celeriac.

Is THIS what I have to look forward to? Nooooooo! I thought the supper-table-drama with my three year old was bad enough.

We have a HUGE festival in town that starts tonight of all nights - a 10 day salute to SAUSAGE (oh the joys of a German-based town)...so we've had to come to terms with no trick or treating or no Wurstfest tonight. Trick or Treating won...I wonder if anyone will be handing out beer in honor of the festival????

Back when our kids were still trick or treating, we relied on the first wave of candy they brought back to supplement what we had bought to give out, in case we ran out. We'll just have to wing it tonight and hope that we have enough. And hope that we don't have so much left over that the holiday weight gain season begins this week!

My 15 year old sister is deserting my mother and going to a party tonight... so, we will be hitting up Grandma's house for the extra candy that Auntie won't be eating! And we plan on watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" with her.

We don't live in a high-traffic neighborhood (no sidewalks, no streetlamps), so once we visit the neighbors who know we are coming, we're off to Grandma's. The less candy the kids take in, the better for my waistline.

And the evil mommy threw them in the dungeon and made them eat candy! That's so funny! I remember hitting some of the same houses twice when I was a kid. But, nobody gave out full size candy bars, either. So nowadays, you go around the block and the bag's full.

I hate Halloween. Have since I was a kid.

I fake it for the kids and can't wait for them to be old enough to stop this nonsense.

I know. Mom of the year.

It's over now and your house is still intact.

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I do remember trick or treating until we dropped. My dad would take us out first, just up and down our block. Then my mom would pass off the bowl of candy and we would really hit the bricks. But, things are kind of weird now -- in my neighborhood, Halloween starts at 6:00 and ends promptly at 7:00. How far can you get in an hour? We had at least two hours when I was a kid.

This year my kid was old enough to beg for candy but not old enough to determine if mommy stole any after we returned home. WOOHOO! Score!

Palmer girl? Really?

I think we need visual evidence. No, video evidence. Lip syncing is OK.

Happy week after halloween, I'm running behind.

I think that's a good business practice.

Unless, of course, the person's really, really ugly.

A frown could be considered a mask.

That's what I would say to "Manaement".

Can't strip away my fun.

Where do you find this stuff?!?

That was waay too funny, especially after Palin joined the party. Thanks!

Hilarious! Thanks for that. A nice pick me up for today.

How did you manage to find that? (Are you feeling a theft coming down?) Thanks.

ROFLMAO, you owe me a cup of coffee!

I enjoy reading your blog and thought you might be interested in an upcoming invitation-only webinar for bloggers being held by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It will focus on ways you and your family can protect yourself against the flu, and will be held on December 2 from 2-3 p.m. EST. Please save the date and watch for your official invitation e-mail from hseitz at cdc dot gov.

I just switched my vote.

Lol I saw this on Good Morning America a couple days ago....nice way to lighten things up!!!

Too funny!

You have been ghosted...come by and pick up one of Liz's puking pumpkins :)

lol Thats a good way to lighten things up

Conclusions drawn from this video: Obama is decidedly sexier, but McCain and R's have seriously got the funk!

What a tag at the end, "I would tap that"...cracked me up!

Oh my! I would have jumped to the same incorrect conclusion. Fortunately you remembered the thermostat before you embarrassed yourself.

I am starting to be the if it's not on my list it doesn't get done type...and sadly I could see that sort of list for myself going on one of these days :)

Too cute....I want one of those programmable things too..

Phew! Although, it would be hard to follow a list that told you when to wake up since you'd have to wake up just to look at it. Y'know?

Stesses and concerns like that would drive me to Alzheimer's, that's for sure.

This is awesome and I laughed and laughed. I want a programmable thermostat myself. However, I am unwilling to replace my 30yo HVAC to get it.

Very funny, very cute story.

Though, one could think that, that is what you get when you go snooping in your dad's home when he's not there! ;)
Take care,
-Mike

my dad is 81. I live 3000 miles away. Some nights I will call and if he doesn't answer and then I call again and still no answer and then again and then no answer, I start to freak out that God forbid something has happened to him.

Wow, mad props to him if he's still spry enough to teach at that age but I see what you're getting at. I get daily emails from my Mom, but I'm still glad that I've got a network of fam members closer than I who look in on her.

GIRL - my laptop is an HP pavillion, too - the motherboard crapped out in it. It is now sitting in some warehouse in Houston on a backorder repair job due to Ike. I *might* get it back in a couple of WEEKS! Yikes. I feel your pain.

Ahh that sucks. I hope it gets fixed/replaced soon!

time to go shopping. There's a lot of great stuff out there. Maybe you'll find something you like.

So. so. sorry...

Was it the motherboard? Because my pavillion desktop PC died last year, too because of a bad motherboard. I really enjoyed that PC, but I've had several people advise me not to purchase another. =[

On the bright side, the advertisement under this post says you can get a new one starting at $479.

Of course, if you want accessories like a keyboard and a monitor, it's gonna cost like $2,000.

dust to dust (cough cough).

New day. New computer.

Well, get something NEW! We all need you all.

Ouch. My condolences.