Cookies and Basketball

My day was pretty much filled with 3 things: selling Girl Scout cookies, coaching basketball, and making treats for Teach's baby shower next week.

I managed to get the kids up about 9:30, hoping and assuming that Crafty and Baby Doll could get a bunch of cookie orders while I took Scout to her basketball game. That was coaching assignment number one, although to be fair, I asked Grandpa to step up today and be the head coach. He chose the teams and did the substitutions, but that didn't stop me from pacing the side of the floor and hollering instructions to the girls. They played a great game, but we still ended up losing.

When we got home just after 11:00, the kids had sold a few cookies and the house was a disaster. Drama Queen put things in order while I grabbed a bite to eat and then dropped Crafty at her rehearsal on my way to the second game. Dog Walker is technically the head coach of Baby Doll's team, but I'm afraid I tend to get a little excited and forget that sometimes. I should really step aside and let him do all the substitutions and things, but every week it doesn't happen. He had to be at work at 2:00 so he was a little nervous anyway.

They don't keep score in the kindergarten leagues, but I think these two teams were pretty even. Baby Doll made 4 baskets! She and one of the other boys were the only ones who shot the ball although the game was much better than last week. Maybe that is because I sent an email to the coordinator of our league...

I got back home just after 1:00 and had a minute to sit down and send a few texts and inquiries about cookies before we were off yet again. Sport's game was at 2:00 and his coach was out of town. Nobody wanted to step up, so when the coach's wife asked me last night at practice, I agreed. I tend to stay away from coaching the older boys. They don't seem to trust or respect me as a coach. You can figure out what that means.

But Sport was willing and I just took charge and put the boys on the floor. They played well and when one of the boys kept trying to overrule my coaching decisions, I finally put him on the bench to cool off for a couple of minutes. Honestly, when the other team is much faster, a zone is the best defense! We lost 35 - 19, but it was one of the better games the boys have played. One of the boys actually asked me if I would always be their coach!

Back at the house, Salsa was waiting around getting later and later for his 3:00 game, so we hopped in the car and sped off. We got there at 3:08 so he only missed the first half of the first quarter. Did I tell you Bossy started her new job as a cake decorator at Sam's Club? This was her first entire shift, so we had to help her kids get where they needed to go.

Back at the house by 4:30, I worked the phone for over 2 hours recording cookies orders from my friends and relatives. Thank you everyone for being so supportive! My sweet girls got a few orders of their own. Drama Queen made dinner and the orders became more sporadic so I worked on these cute favors for the shower in between texts. Oh, and Crafty got her answer for the Sweetheart's Dance.

Still so much to do.

That makes today pretty much like every other day of my life.

Her First Date

Can you believe my cute Crafty is 16 years old now? She's not really interested in driving and I haven't been able to convince her to go on a date...

...until now.  That's right! All it took was a trip to WalMart for the supplies to make the invitation and a $9 hoodie. Yes, she truly is that shy. Did I ever tell you that I paid Princess $10 to accept her first kiss?

But I digress...

So after our trip to WalMart, we came home and Drama Queen wrote a cute letter (she is really good at that sort of thing) that used all the candy bars to form the invitation. I helped Crafty tape them all on and then Scout did the delivery because Crafty was sitting in the chair with her hair half done for the dance concert.

Once the asking was finally over, I was thinking the fun part would be next as she planned what to do and what to wear, but buying a dress was incredibly painful. It was like the weddings all over again. Too many girls to help her choose and too many stipulations on what was modest, long enough, the right color, too formal, not formal enough... you get the idea.

Amazon Model

Finally, we came to some sort of momentary agreement so I quickly ordered the dress before she could change her mind and it's done. The girl in this pic is obviously not Crafty, but the model from the Amazon site. When we get the dress next week, I'll show you a pic of it on my own beautiful girl.

Now to plan the day activity...

My Little Fashionista

Today was a particularly hectic day. I ended up with quite some time at my computer and when I am sitting in this comfortable chair, Baby Doll likes to climb up behind me. Sometimes she falls asleep or reads a book, but other times she will agree to scratch my back or work on my hairstyle.

Baby Doll (I stole this from The Beast's Facebook page; I'm guessing about age 2.)

You know she is one of the true fashionistas in our family with her own sense of style. The more color and patterns, the better. This started at quite an early age for her and I'm guessing it will stick with her at least until she becomes a teenager and realizes that not only do people care what she wears, but they might even be judging her sanity by her choice of combinations.

Yesterday she did my hair for me and with her typical twist on fashion, it turned out pretty exciting! I usually try to quietly remove some of it before I head outdoors, but this time she caught me. My typical answer, "It was starting to fall out anyway... can you do it again?"

She is usually happy to oblige.

Dance Concert

I love that Bingham waits until after the holidays are over to stage their Dance Concert although this year it didn't make much difference for us; life was still crazy!

There were too many places for me to be tonight. I had a Community meeting for my Girl Scout troop, New Beginnings for Scout at the church, and Crafty's Dance Concert at the high school. Since she only performs twice a year as a member of Dance 3, I decided that was where I needed to be. Drama Queen assumed my responsibilities with Scout (she won't enter the Young Women program until November; that seems so far away!), and I met with our Community leader before I had to leave.

There was also dance to worry about and at some point I realized that Curly was about to be left home alone, so he got to go to the Dance Concert with us. Drama Queen picked up Baby Doll and she got to enjoy New Beginnings as well.

Crafty was in two numbers and she did a fantastic job! She is certainly Dance Company material. We also helped her invite someone to the Sweethearts Dance. She has never been on a date before, so it was a little tricky convincing her it was a good idea, but we finally managed.

We are almost finished delivering shower invitations, but the rain sent us home today without finishing the last part of our neighborhood. That will be a priority tomorrow... along with cub scouts, basketball, doctor visits and lab work for Grandpa, dance...

...it never ends.