That OOT would be nice, though!
Dear Lapdwife,
Hey, I "just" (an hour ago) saw a billboard in SF saying Disneyland started Christmas decoration just today.
I hope you enjoyed that.
We are too, off to Disneyland in a week.
-Ayumi
The past couple of days our older daughter was in AYSO (Soccer) playoff games - and they won yesterdays game in a double "sudden death" shoot out! By that - I mean thier game was initially TIE scored - so they lined up 5 players and each shot 5 attempts on goal to see who could score the most (That's the "Sudden Death" tie breaking shoot out!)! And after the first round it was tie scored again! Until the 2nd round where we emerged the winner!
Then in thier 2nd round playoff game - they went against an UNDEFEATED team (our season record was 4th best among 22 teams with a 5-3-0 record ... and the teams in 1st through 3rd were all undefeated!). And in todays game we shut out the undefeated team 2-0 ... with my daughter shooting the initial "winning" goal... a high looping shot from 3/4 off center. The 2nd goal was scored when in the final 5 minutes the opposing team pulled thier goalie out to try and add pressure on us - and we broke away and knocked another goal in!
SO next weekend we are off to round 3 in the playoffs - and at the end of the game today the manager of a Soccer club team had a chat with me - inviting us to come practice with thier team - to possibly join? Club teams are the next step up in intensity and - I guess they seem to cost a bit more to get involved in. I know our girls played really well today - but in particular my daughter played a HOT game. I also gave her an incentive of $100 for every goal she could score. I knew it would be extra tough against an undeated team! WHo would have guessed - that I had to pay up and even came close to having to pay for TWO goals - as she nearly scored a 2nd time!
This weekend has been a wonderfully entertaining with our kids and thier soccer!!
How crazy you must have been cheering! 
Then onto track 
I LOVE THIS! I loved reading your post. My DD12 plays AYSO too (Rancho Santa Margarita). I've never heard of Sudden Death....that was so exciting to read! What a great week end for your daughter and her team mates. I love to be the underdog.
Good luck next week end! My DS18 is in CIF playoffs! It's so crazy. If he loses it's his LAST high school football game.
Thank You for your encouraging thoughts! I can imagine there are some folks maybe wonding if there's something a bit odd about that Captain Crash fellow with the soccer thing - not to mention the odd ball animations and other eccentric oddness with sci-fi and so on ... but my spouse and I were engaged in "pillow talk" about how the weekend had been for our girls - and we were just basking in how HAPPY they both were - not to mention how happy all the parents were on our team! After todays game we had frozen yogurt with one of our daughters' team mates - the only one who is from her same school - and we were talking non-stop in the yogurt shop about the games - our kids - and all sorts of stuff semi-related to that central common experience of the past day and past few hours! The Mom of the our friends was remarking she had planned on coming to the game and just quietly watching what all the excitement was about - and in the end she found herself screaming and jumping up and down over the whole thing! How totally CHARMING that was - as it was so true about her always otherwise being so ... "calm" and steady a personality!
What a hoot, eh?
I might add - the losing team today - it had 2 players whom we had coached in years past! They knew us well - and before the game began they came over to visit and I casually remarked - how we KNEW they were undefeated - and we had a more down to earth record with losses. They were very nice about it - and as we parted the one grandmom was joking with us she would like to wish us good luck but she couldn't very well do that and expect to win... and I sort of silently felt - "yeah, I know - we're probably gonna have our playoff run end today ... and that well - if so - then that's how it will be"... and I felt nothing bad. But I was mildly HOPEFUL but prepared for a loss. What a wonderful surprise - twice in two days! I could end this year now and say it was a fabulous year now!
It didn't help that her husband was embarassing her the whole time she was so out of character at the game too... it was all so hilarious and nerve wracking at the same time!
Thank You for your encouraging thoughts! I can imagine there are some folks maybe wonding if there's something a bit odd about that Captain Crash fellow with the soccer thing - not to mention the odd ball animations and other eccentric oddness with sci-fi and so on ... but my spouse and I were engaged in "pillow talk" about how the weekend had been for our girls - and we were just basking in how HAPPY they both were - not to mention how happy all the parents were on our team! After todays game we had frozen yogurt with one of our daughters' team mates - the only one who is from her same school - and we were talking non-stop in the yogurt shop about the games - our kids - and all sorts of stuff semi-related to that central common experience of the past day and past few hours! The Mom of the our friends was remarking she had planned on coming to the game and just quietly watching what all the excitement was about - and in the end she found herself screaming and jumping up and down over the whole thing! How totally CHARMING that was - as it was so true about her always otherwise being so ... "calm" and steady a personality!
What a hoot, eh?
I might add - the losing team today - it had 2 players whom we had coached in years past! They knew us well - and before the game began they came over to visit and I casually remarked - how we KNEW they were undefeated - and we had a more down to earth record with losses. They were very nice about it - and as we parted the one grandmom was joking with us she would like to wish us good luck but she couldn't very well do that and expect to win... and I sort of silently felt - "yeah, I know - we're probably gonna have our playoff run end today ... and that well - if so - then that's how it will be"... and I felt nothing bad. But I was mildly HOPEFUL but prepared for a loss. What a wonderful surprise - twice in two days! I could end this year now and say it was a fabulous year now!
It didn't help that her husband was embarassing her the whole time she was so out of character at the game too... it was all so hilarious and nerve wracking at the same time!
So much more relaxing DD12 doesn't have scholarship offers YET 
