Tennis and Unicorns

* One Cool Thing about Being Mom to Sporty Kids is that I get to Learn Sporty Things

Who knew that this drama/choir geek sterling scholar (thankyouverymuch) would one day grow up to know all the rules of tennis? And volleyball. And basketball. And soccer. And tell you some of the differences in the rules between traditional football and flag football. I feel very well rounded. Until you put me on the court. Turns out knowledge doesn't translate into skill. Ahem.

Anyway, in tennis, these boys are competing at a team level and at an individual level. Their team won the regional title and here you can see Carson and Chandler vying for position as an individual doubles team. They finished third (!) in regionals and qualified for state. Not bad for a couple of guys who just learned how to hold a racket this year.

Their last game was a little intense because they were playing against their best friends, Luke and Sean, where Luke fought like a lion and Sean played with an injured tailbone (that he definitely injured jumping off the rocks in our pool. Yeah...).

Carson and Chandler came out the victors of that match, but it wasn't a very sweet victory. It's hard to play against friends.

Boulder City's doubles took second, third, and fourth places... they're strong.

And now we're on our way to state!

* Monopoly is the Worst Game Ever. Unlesssssss you can be a Unicorn.

I'm just wondering... when I don't have little kids around, can I still play this game?

Teek is a great big brother. He makes smoothies, toasts bread, helps with homework, coaches through problems, and plays unicorn monopoly. 

Eliza is lucky to have him.

*She's Also Lucky to Have Miles. 

 And she knows it.