"Woo hoo! I can talk about it!"

Today was a day of sporting adventures. We awoke (at 6:15am, unfortunately) to thunder and lightning. Since the rain continued, we decided to check out the basketball courts at the YMCA. I have not been on an indoor court since my love affair with basketball ended 14 years ago and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Perhaps it was because I was seeing it fresh, through the eyes of my children. The buddies loved the big wide open space that we had all to ourselves. And I loved showing them the basics and setting up cones for them to dribble around. We played basketball and soccer and football and could have stayed all day. We were eventually kicked out for league play, so the boys headed to the kid's gym while I grabbed a quick 30 minutes on the elliptical machine. The Y may be our new favorite place to play.

When we left the Y, the sun came out, so we headed to our neighborhood park for two hours of fun. We played the "catch game" with our tennis balls and then headed to the playground. The slides were wet from the morning's rain, which meant my two wild boys went down very fast. Ace kept saying, "Woo hoo! I can talk about it!". It took me a while to figure out that he was mimicking his dad, who often says, "That's what I'm talking about!" when he is excited. That's right, Ace. You can talk about it.