Update

Lisa – First game in All-Stars at Centerville Invitational.  Practices have all been in the morning so most parents do not know the individual players and how good they are. Bottom of the first inning, Lisa gets up with two outs, no runs scored, runner on second and third.  Lisa has two strikes.  Everyone is a little discouraged because Lisa has two strikes.  The next pitch Lisa blasts a line drive over the left fielder's head for a home run.  The crowd reaction was funny because as Lisa stepped to the plate they were thinking “great, a girl hitter.” Then when she hit the ball hard it made a big "ping" noise and you could hear a big gasp from the crowd like everyone was shocked at how hard the ball was hit, and then finally everyone went bonkers as the runners cleared the bases.  It was a lot of fun.

 Eric- I thought Eric was the best hitter on his team. He really worked hard and stepped up his game.

Eric played his first flag-football game.  He played quarterback and for the first time in his life that I have observed, he got nervous and didn’t know what to do.  He had to have a little help from the coach and then he got it.  The highlight of the game was when he ripped off a 50 yard run.

 

David- It seems everyone knows who David is. People will come up to me and say we saw David do.....

Wendy- Wendy is amazing.  She really cares about the kids' school, and our community. Last week she was fighting a group popular with the City, County, and the media.  At church she was getting a lot of attention from people telling her she should run for city council.  This week a committee asked her to meet with them to give her views on a particular subject; the group really just wants her support.  She definitely has become well connected. 

Scott- Rambling about parenting-  Thinking back during my childhood, I always wanted to be seen with my Dad.  Even during high school.  If my Dad thought it was cool, then I usually thought it was cool, and didn't care what anyone else thought.  I need to figure out how to gain (or keep) that Rasmussen coolness.  Right now my kids think I'm cool,  but I don't know how long that will last.   At the same time, as a teenager, I didn't want my parents to be a best friend.  I wanted a parent.  I thought my Dad was cool yet at the same time there was no question he was the boss.  Both Eric and David are stubborn, have alpha male type personalities,  or whatever you want to call their personality.  Often the only thing they respond to is force or the threat of force.  David and Eric are both just completly different than Lisa. 

Wendy gets after both Lisa and Eric for playing the piano.  Lisa will take a 15 minute practice session and turn it into an hour just messing around.  She might play other songs, she might be reading other books, who knows what she does.  Eric will make a 15 minute practice session into an hour by trying to negotiate with Wendy why he only needs to play the song four times instead of five...