Travel lacrosse is certainly not for the faint of heart and it has its challenges but for the most part we have loads of fun with it. Luke's team has a great group of kids and parents so while we are essentially nomads from mid June to mid July, we have great people to be nomadic with. We had tournaments in Philly, Baltimore, Annapolis, and D.C. I had the experience of taking all 3 kids to the D.C. tournament by myself while Matt coached another own team in Lake Placid - that was quite the adventure for us. Not sure Luke will ever live down his rogue purchases from Dave and Busters at my credit card's expense but he did work off his debts. Adrienne and Coco somehow had me riding the duck boats in the middle of a lagoon at 9:30 at night in the dark...guess who did all the paddling. And we ate a lot of Panera food on that trip. Luke is already working hard in the off season with practice sessions with Coach Dad.
Adrienne continued with swimming throughout the summer and has even gotten into horseback riding a little bit. We'll see if we continue with that among all the other activities. My kids have a knack for picking the expensive hobbies. Its a good thing I slave away at my HR job when I find time to fit in a few visits to the office.
And Coco, well she's been visiting Yotality every chance she gets. Always the same selection - strawberry yogurt with mini m&m's. She's also been putting her life on the line every time she gets on the tree swing or the trampoline. Sister is risk-taker. She has finally landed a front flip on the trampoline.
All three kids have been enjoying some weekends at the lake. Playing most of the time on the blue floating mat. "Playing" includes WWF wrestling, yoga and gymnastics. I'm always amazed at how many hours they can spend in the water no matter where we go.
