Soccer and Stuff

[przed]

Another win tonight! 4 - 5 for us! This one was hard fought and against a team with some really strong players, but we're definitely coming together. Everyone was playing hard, and there were three goals that weren't our best player scoring. One of those goals was from one of our smallest but most tenacious players. He usually plays defence, and quite well, but he happened to be in front of the net when the ball came to him and really kicked it in. And one was the result of an actual bit of coaching I did. We were taking a corner kick, and I got one of our kids who can be good but is a total loose cannon in front of the goal. Two seconds later, he'd scored!

Ros was really being tenacious on the field, in spite of the other team being entirely willing to mow down anyone in front of them, and she also debuted her brand new goalkeeper gloves. She stopped a bunch of really hard shots and only let in the one that sailed over her head.

In the weird coincidence area, both our team and the opposing team had Keiras and Judes on them. Which made it interesting for us coaches. Especially when Keira and Keira kept going up against each other.

In other news, I've been offline a lot the last few days due to extreme busyness.

We were supposed to go up to my mom's for the weekend, but the weather was lousy on Friday night and not meant to be much better the whole weekend, so we stayed in town. Which gave us the time to sort Ros' existing fall/winter clothes, and then do some back-to-school shopping to fill in the gaps. Ah, the exciting life of a mom.

The one very cool thing we did was take Ros to a screening of Bugsy Malone, which some of you might remember is a gangster/backstage musical cast entirely with kids, including Jodie Foster as a gangster's moll and Scott Baio as the title character. (It also had a ten year old Dexter Fletcher in a small but crucial role, and I totally recognized him. I am good when it comes to my favourite British character actors.)

It's a fun, wacky little movie, but the best part was Ros enjoyed it! This is big news, because she's really got it in for movies at the moment. She nearly staged a mutiny the day her daycare was taking the kids to a movie theatre because she really didn't want to go. But now she wants to give Singin' in the Rain a try when it shows in a couple of weeks, and I think that'll be right up her alley.

Ros: Does someone really sing in the rain?
Me: Yes, they do. And dance!
Ros: Yay!

We got home from the movie in time to just catch the end of the Olympics closing ceremony, but that was the crucial bit for me, and Ros. Seeing Take That on a national Canadian network was a lovely thing, and it was also awesome to see The Who in fine form. (Ros asked to watch the TT bit twice, but then she tried to get me to turn off The Who. Clearly, I now need to work on the classic rock part of her musical education.)

I didn't get to watch any more of the ceremony, because as soon as Ros went to bed, I went to work canning peaches. I've been wanting to do that for a few years now, and I finally had all the equipment, some time, and the right quantity of peaches of the right ripeness. I now have four lovely jars of peaches, but man, it takes a long time. I started at 9 p.m. and didn't get to bed until 1 a.m. If there's still peaches this week, I'm going to give peach jam a shot. Jam looks to be slightly less work than preserves. Slightly.

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[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

So glad to hear that the game went so well! \o/

I love Gene Kelly and Singing in the Rain but I really can't think of it without thinking of this:



Also, Bugsy Malone is a lot of fun.

Take That but no Who? Hmmmmmm... Forget the peaches, this is a crisis! :D

[przed.livejournal.com]

That is too much fun.

Bugsy Malone is one crazy film. I have no idea how it even got made, except that it was the '70s.

Ros actually called The Who boring. This might call for drastic intervention. ( Must find a Who performance to rival the giant TT elephant.)

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Morcambe and Wise, they're in the DNA. *g*

Something from Tommy perhaps? Hmmm, they didn't ever really do the TT sort of showmanship.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Secret confession: I sort of hate Tommy. (Yeah, there's a lot of good songs there, but I can't abide the whole album. Only listened to it once all the way through.) I'm totally a Quadrophenia gal. Which is why I got sucked into buying tickets to seeing them do that this fall.

Hmmm, wonder what Ros would think of the Smother Brothers performance, with them totally doing in the stage. She's infatuated with Robbie jumping from the top of the stage, so maybe Keith and Pete's collective insanity would get her interested.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

... I sort of do too... Perhaps we could form a club? *g*

Sounds worth a go. I also love the Muppets suggestion below.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Glad I'm not the only one. Especially since it always seems to be assumed that Who fans love Tommy.

I think I'll start with the Smothers Brothers. The Muppets suggestion would probably work for any other kid, but Ros hates the Muppets. I have no idea how that happened. Clearly I have failed as a parent.

[soundofthesurf.livejournal.com]

YAY to the win!! And Ros sporting her goalie gloves! (You MUST take a pic of her with them soon, yes, please, pretty please???)

Getting her into The Who is simple, really. I guess you haven't figured because you're tired - just show her assorted songs from The Muppet Show with focus on Animal (you could start with their rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody? Mammmmaaaaaa?! Mamamamamamamamamamamamaamama! You know?) and once she's into Animal you'll say: "Now Ros, how about meeting the man who inspired him?" and BANG! you got her! See? Easy! *g*

How did you can the peaches? I suppose you didn't cook them in with sugar-water like my mum does? Because of the sugar?

[przed.livejournal.com]

A definite yay to the win! It was most satisfying. Shall definitely try to get a picture of Ros with the gloves. She's certainly wearing them enough.

Your Muppets plan is theoretically genius, but the only problem is that Ros doesn't like the Muppets. At all. Yeah, I don't know how that's possible either; I feel like I've failed as a parent. But we begged her to go see the new Muppet movie last year and she flat out refused.

I did indeed cook the peaches in syrup. I can get away with sugary fruit once in a while, and if I take the pills I have to deal with acidic food. (I did not take the pills when I had those cookies a few weeks back.)

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Oh my, Bugsy Malone was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Had the soundtrack and everything.. I'm delighted to hear Ross enjoyed it and that she saw it in a cinema. God, I'd love to see it again on the big screen. and look at Ross, kicking ass and taking names on the football field - yay!!!!!!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Bugsy Malone was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

Don was the same, hence why we decided to give it a go. (I liked it when I saw it, but it didn't make the same impression on me.) Seeing it on the big screen was fab, and it was a pristine print. Don reckons they must have got a digital copy from England.

Ros is definitely into football. And now she's bugging me to coach again next year, so looks like I've signed up for this for the long haul.

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Must be a good feeling to see your coaching paying off. Good on Ros, too, for sticking it out. Most kids don't want to play goalie because they're limited to that one small part of the field; obviously she realises it's every bit as important as scoring goals.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It was actually very cool, getting them in position for a play and seeing them follow through on it.

Ros has been keen on playing goal from the start. In fact, her first year with the U4s every single kid on the team wanted to play goal. (I was running the player rotation that year, so it was always a challenge motivating the kids to go on the field when they wanted to be in goal.) And she's good at it. She really concentrates on watching the ball, and in spite of being tiny, she really manages to get out there and block most of the shots. (Most of are smaller players are somewhat of a disaster in goal because they aren't as confident in the net and they tend to shrink back when the ball comes for them.)

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Well done with the coaching!

It was good to see Gary Barlow in the closing ceremony - I thought of you (fleetingly) while we were watching.

Good luck with introducing Ros to older rock bands - but it might take her a year or two to get interested.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Actually having the coaching result in a goal was massively satisfying.

It was good to see Mr Barlow there. I wasn't sure they were going to play. And it's nice to be fleetingly thought of. ;-)

I reckon it's going to be an uphill battle with The Who--they're not nearly glittery enough for the Ros--but I'm in it for the long haul. Hmmm, Bowie might actually work, though...

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

You could give her a taster session of all the older bands via YouTube and see who appealed! She'll probably prefer the glittery ones for now but the music might just win her over later.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Using YT for a taster is a good idea. Hmmm, wonder how she'd take to The Sweet?

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the team is getting together and doing so well! But I gotta go with Ros on The Who. Boring. LOL! Sure they have a few good songs but overall, never one of my favs. :) But they are a classic band and should at least be recognised for their contribution to the music world.

Peaches! I love me some peach pie. Yum!

[przed.livejournal.com]

I gotta go with Ros on The Who. Boring.

Heretic! Unbeliever! (They are one of my five favourite bands of all time. My one regret is I was too young to see them with Keith.)

Peaches are awesome. Peach pie is definitely a good thing.

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Your footy coaching is really paying off - it must be brilliant to be sharing it with Ros *beams* And yay! for her goalie skills!

[przed.livejournal.com]

It's definitely got me keen on the game again. And I'm chuffed that Ros likes it too.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

ooooo Bugsy Malone, I love love love that movie and am so pleased it was enjoyed.

And fantastic news on the football front as well.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It's a really interesting film, but I was mostly relieved about finding a movie she actually enjoyed.

I'm hoping we finish off the football season on a high note. The kids all still seem to be really enjoying it, so that's the most important thing.

[sooguy.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know that musical existed. I heard Don raving about it but had no idea what he was talking about. Huh, and to think I had a crush on Jody Foster when I was a kid, you think I would know about it.

I was totally thinking of you and Ros when I heard Take That was going to be part of the closing ceremonies. Glad you got some fan love.

P canning peaches. I think my brain just exploded a bit. Not that I don't think you'd be capable, just in all your busy-ness I can't picture you making/finding the time. Congrats! I've always wanted to can/pickle beans (my mom still does this), but can't be bothered to try to figure it out. Let us know how the Peaches turn out.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I saw Bugsy Malone when I was a kid, but it didn't make the impression on me that it did on Don. It's a really interesting film, though, especially the wacky pie fight ending.

Seeing TT on a Canadian network was awesome. Less awesome was the fact that none of the Canadian coverage afterwards even mentioned them. ::sigh::

Hey, I can be domestic. When it comes to cooking and baking, anyway. Time is definitely the main problem, and man, does canning take a lot of time. Especially peeling that many peaches. (I'm tempted to try pickling some cauliflower and onions 'cause those were always my favourite pickles as a kid.)