Entertaining
This past weekend was a great weekend for watching. I'm not talking about watching a movie or a tv show, I'm talking about watching my son. Griffin had his second soccer game last weekend. In his first game he mostly stood around watching the other 5 kids on the field fight for the ball. I think he might have gotten a foot on the ball twice when it rolled in his direction. Maybe he was protecting himself from the ball when it got too close, I'm not sure. In this beginner league there is no goalie and parents cheer for both teams. When the coach asked if anyone wanted to rest he ALWAYS raised his hand. Apparently the bench was much more appealing with it's water bottle and no running. As I watched my son gargle water on the bench last week I wondered if this was a good idea. Obviously there wasn't much to cheer about with his play one week ago.

This weekend I expected the same kind of game although when we were practicing at home he seemed to understand better. Within the first 2 minutes Griffin scored a goal and looked at me. I was literally jumping up and down cheering. I couldn't believe it he was playing the game, not just watching. There was another goal and an assist before the game was done. It was amazing.

On Friday I was scanning the channels and found the Spiderman 3 movie. It wasn't a great show but Griffin (or Olivia or Mallory) had never seen it, so we started watching. I missed several parts of the movie because I was watching my son, watch Spiderman. His eyes were huge, his mouth was open and he had trouble sitting down. Spiderman was real! He would yell things at the tv to cheer Spider-man on or yell when he punched a villain. After the movie finished he collapsed in a heap on the couch. When I asked Griffin what he thought of the movie, he kept saying, "He's living the dream Dad, he's living the dream." Does that rock or not????

This was a good weekend to be a Dad, a very good weekend.
Ron