Connected at the Badonkadonk....

Today was a hot one....

and these guys made it feel that much hotter

and much more irritating.

It is love bug season here in Florida and they are incessant 

in their annoying public mating.

Ethan and Ryker both had playoff games today.

They both came home with the W.

These are fun and exciting times.

This is what it looked like at Ethan's game,

one of the dads set up two large fans for our team parents.

Yowsa.....!

I will say it felt pretty good,

the only thing that brought the day down was having 

the love bugs land on you every two seconds, sneaking down 

your shirt, up your leg, in between your toes,

this is one of the few singles I have seen.

Who else out there heard that these were actually 

created by an experiment that went terribly wrong 

several years back?

I believed that until last year.

Before the games were over we had the last piano recital of the year.

I took everyone but Ethan, he told me there was no way I was 

going to force him to miss any of his playoff 

game for a recital.

Kev took his church suit in the truck,

they were texting me the whole time, how many until my turn?

8, now 6, 3, he walked in and sat in the back as she was 

calling him forward.

He said he really liked it that way because he didn't have any time 

to get nervous.

Good point.

Holly is a great teacher.  

She gave out little trophies and talked a bit about 

each student at the end.

I really liked what she said about Lawson,

she said he reminded her of herself.

While growing up she never believed
that she could memorize or play by ear.

She did not have the confidence or faith in herself.

She had seen that in Lawson when he first started with her.

Well, he is becoming a believer.

It has been fun to watch it happen.

One last thing off subject.

I was talking w/ a few moms today at one of the games.

We were discussing the school year,

how it went, who is going where for next year, etc.

At one point I said I had been quite happy with 

Ethan's middle school experience,

except for one teacher.

I am going to make sure our other kids 

do not get him. 

I asked if they had any bad experiences.

Oh sure, at least three different teachers over the years.

What did you do?

 Did you keep your kids out of their classes?

She said she did not interfere,
but let it be a life learning opportunity.

They talked w/ their kids about the differences

in their teachers views and their own, and had some 

very good discussions.

She said she knows they will come into contact every day

with people with differing views from their own.

That is a big part of life.

Yes, that is true.

That felt really good to hear.

Does that get me off the hook from taking any action at all

if I feel strongly about a situation?

No, but it made sense.

We can't always avoid, change, or run from others opinions,

even if they are very wrong in our eyes.

However, we can counter act them with our own children by 

continually having open communication and

teaching in our own home.

It was a good reminder for me to hear.