Volleyball Starts Thursday

This week Maya starts volleyball practice and she's quite excited. She didn't play any winter sport this year so she needs some activity in her life.

Maya, Annah & Icicle

Brush with fame

Tonight Maya and I had to stop at WalMart to pick up a couple things and as we were checking out in the express lane and right behind me there was a guy talking on the phone and his voice sounded so familiar. When I looked at his face I realized it was Steveo from MTV's Jackass. I asked Maya if she could tell who that guy was, but she had no idea, when I said it was Steveo she couldn't believe it. I think he was in town doing a comedy thing at this club at the Mall of America. We didn't bother him.

MCR

Here Maya is sporting her new MCR t-shirt (that's My Chemical Romance for those of you not in the know). The other day she asked if she could go see them play at First Avenue so I had to think of how I could let her know that I didn't want her, an eleven-year-old girl, going to see a band play at First Ave. So I thought long and hard then carefully explained to her by saying, "Ummmmmm..... NO - there is no way on earth you are going to see a band play at First Avenue."

Then she added up her babysitting money and said, I think I have enough for a ticket!"

"How can I explain this," I said to her. "Ummmmmm..... NO - there is no way on earth you are going to see a band play at First Avenue."

Parenting is all about effective communication.

Guyana Flag

Personally, I'm beginning to question their patriotism.... Before you know it they'll be crawling through the jungle with Russian AK 47's scheming to overthrow western imperialist control of the sugar cane trade.

Hugging up Annah

My Valentine

Super Bowl Champs!!!!

Stretching the truth

The other day Maya asked me if she could go over to her friend Hayley's on Friday and work on a "project." Friday (today) they have early release from school and I was a little suspicious this so called "project" just happened to coincide with them having 1/2 the day off from school. So I said, "Oh really... Tell me more about this alleged project - and why it can't be done in school." She got defensive and started shouting, indicating to me that I had pretty much snuffed out her little lie. Now it turns out she does have a project but its not as pressing as she made it out to be. I let her go over to Hayley's even though I know she's probably not going to work on any project and they will spend most of the day hanging out at Caribou Coffee on Grand Ave. drinking over priced caramel coffee concoctions while chatting about their pressing concerns, but I wanted to let her know that I didn't just fall off the turnip truck. As smart as she thinks she is - fact is she's only lying at a 6th grade level.