Friday, January 16, 2009

Winter Cheerleading - Sexual Discrimination??


Interesting Topic....

The Cheer Coaches have decided it's "discrimination" to only cheer for BOYS Varsity basketball, and have recently added the Girls Varsity to the schedule for the REMAINDER of the season as well. Maddie had cheer from 4:30-8:45 this afternoon/evening...Any thoughts on the subject? Seems absurd to change a tradition for the sake of "feel-good-consideration". I'm sure the basketball team girls were really hoping to have a cheer team affiliated, no?

Any feedback is welcome.....

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS MaDeLyN!!!!

An interesting piece of news from Palmatier Park:

Maddie was offered a position on the Competition Team for the BayState Competition!! The Needham High School Rockets cheerleading team will compete on February 23rd, 2009 - I believe in Braintree. Maddie was not originally placed on the Comp Team, but rather Game Squad. Since there have been a few injuries to girls who can not perform, Maddie was selected to move up. GO ROCKETS!!!!

A Rockin Little Snowman.....



Kathryn built a fabulous, 2.5 foot tall snowman in the front yard this weekend. He's great for several reasons, but first and foremost is that he has a Head.

Often, my children begin things, like a snowman for example, and - shall we say - "drift" off task, and before you know it there's an incomplete snowball-on-top-of-a-snowball in the yard
without a head, accessories or anything. Those wonderful SnowThings grace our yard then for weeks, announcing to the entire town that we are collectively incapable of *completing* even the simplest of tasks. Not painstaking chores, mind you. Just a Snowman.

I knew Kathryn would be the one to take'er all-the-way. I think the greatest part of making a snowman is that you go into it knowing it won't last. Expectations are half the battle to avoiding disappointment, isn't it? (Click image to enlarge)
(What good is a snowman if he isn't portable?)

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

'Winter' is the blurry, long journey between football and baseball....


While the first reaction is that football season is just barely behind us (an unbelievable 2 months, nearly), the first notices of baseball team-rostering and placement have been handed out, and found the newest Palmatier Players gearing up and ready to go.

Bryan was apparently, as I heard in CVS recently, an "early pick" in the draft, as well as "playing up" in the majors...a pleasant surprise, since we accidentally missed the try-outs the first time due to football...(Not Bryan's Game of course, but a Home Game Day for Mom - Ooops, an occupational hazard of Mom's).

Weeks later, Chris took him to the make-up try-out in Watertown, and they came home saying it had gone "fine", but really not any better than that. Batting had been tough and I figured he was just in Football Mode, and since he's so laid back about this stuff, I didn't give it another thought. So, we look forward to spending a year as a Cardinals family, among others...Should be fun...the best part is that it's ALWAYS fun. "Fun" like running a foot race while dragging a 600 lb legless elephant in a wheelbarrow, but as long as there's talk of baseball in spring, football in August and warmer days are coming, then I'll keep trudging through the icy-rain and count the days...

ONE.......TWO....