Searching for a school coach and prepping for Collin's Halloween party

After having a very long weekend (see previous post), the whole family started the next week a bit more tired than usual. There were a few things though that were exciting this week that helped us wake up.

 On Wednesday, my school had the Winter sports meeting, which includes soccer! Unfortunately, I had to go to practice that night so my mom had to go to it by herself. Usually, the athletic director talks about what sports are played during the season, and then the different sport groups split up and the coaches discuss what it is going to be like (times, practices, etc). This year, it turns out that they do not even have a coach for soccer yet! The coach for varsity left last year and the middle school coach took his place, so now they do not have anyone for the job this year. Also, all of the good eighth graders that we had last year left, so the team is not going to be as good this year. However, by the end of the week, we found three people that might be able to coach!

 Another thing that happened this week is that we had to find a costume for Collin to wear to his Halloween party this coming Monday! Collin's helper Isabelle had the idea of having Collin dress up as the boy "Russell" from the pixar movie called UP. The character is supposed to be a wilderness explorer, and my mom went all out in putting together the costume, including printing out badges from the actual movie and everything! Conveniently, Russell also has a golden retriever in the movie named "Dug," which Beau will be playing! My mom worked all weekend putting it together, and it looks pretty good.

Collin's explorer costume!

 The rest of the weekend included another soccer game (which we tied 1-1), and some house cleaning. That sums up most of the week, and we have another big one ahead of us! Thanks for reading and tune in next week on TBB!

"Dug"