Goal Getters

Yesterday was Douglas's first day at Goal Getters, which is an indoor soccer class that runs for several weeks, an hour a week. The coach who runs it is REALLY great with little kids. Douglas ran around like crazy and had a lot of fun. Owen and I enjoyed watching him from the stands (there are bleachers above the field with a window so you can look down on the kids). He did really well - learned how to trap the ball and shoot almost immediately. I think his favorite part was playing red light/green light, when the coach said "Rainbow light - act silly" so they all waved their arms and stuck out their tongues. Very cute.

I am in charge of the Birch Lane raffle, which is part of the spring fundraiser. We are gearing up so there will be quite a bit to do, mainly in March and April, with ticket sales and so forth. I obtained the prizes already (a $2000 travel gift certificate from AAA travel, a bike, and a 2-night stay at a Tahoe resort). Now we have to have tickets printed, sell them, keep track of all the stubs, and so on and so forth. Last year it raised about $14,000 for the school so it is a pretty good fundraiser.

Owen found out that he will be on the Little League Phillies farm team. The first team meeting is Monday night. He knows several of the kids already as well as the coach (who is the dad of one of his best friends). Hopefully he will have a good season for the first season of "real" baseball (albeit with a pitching machine).