ok. freshly back from a tour of the firehouse. and by freshly, i mean we had to bolt early b/c steven was such a freakin menace. he was so bad. bad bad bad. scream and tantrumming while the rest of the toddler and older set listened patiently to firefighter ben. all steven wanted to do was climb on the trucks and that was not happening until the end of the tour. *SIGH* so after listening to him scream and fuss after 15 minutes- i was feeling embarrassed, i just walked out the door. i was pissed b/c i actually wanted to hear all about the firefighter world. trying live out some sort of Third Watch fantasy.

my O30 women's team won the Free dom Cup a few weeks ago. It was a one day tournament in MD and it was awesome. We even got to walk out at half time at the Wash Free dom game and accept our TINY trophy. and we only got one. I will not make any mention of how many goals i scored(none) or my level of play(horrible), b/c i want to keep this family friendly today.

we have finalized our trip out to seattle in 2 weeks. we are petrified about bringing our toddler non-behaving monster on the flights(plural b/c we have a stop-over in Dallas.). We just might be that couple with the uncontrollable child making national news. It will be scary. I think we will all need to be drugged for this. we get to have steven jr FINALLY meet his great-gma and then we are driving down to Portland to spend some time with Ashley and Lance. we are very excited about this! minus the fear for the plane ride torture chamber. please allow the poop gods to smile down on us during these flights! any advice for plan travel with a wild toddler would be greatly appreciated.

the egg and peanut allergy world is really a crazy place to be. having a healthy snack on the deck the other day, i noticed hot pink splotches appearing on stevenjr's face, so im searching the hummus container looking for the toxin. it wasn't til the NEXT day, that i read the bag of TORTILLA chips and find out that they are fried in PEANUT oil. man, i never would have guessed that even chips can be an enemy!!! arg. of course, that made for a great diarrhea poop that day - so at least I know what caused all his soft poops.

so, i bought a jogging stroller to get myself back into shape. stevenjr thinks its his bike. which is cool, but just by my buying it, i was thinking i was already getting fit. now i need to USE the thing. sheesh.

beckham is finally here, but i can't handle the reality. his game in DC is when we are in seattle. i still can't even believe that i allowed that to happen. i must not be as dedicated as i thought. must improve soccer fanaticism. of course i watched posh spice and her one little reality show. do you think i can get NBC to give us more? i need more!!!! and yes, i do laugh whenever i hear the world major. or how poshy says MAYJAhhr. too funny, for a sweet little pixie.

goals team scored in tourney: 18, goals against: 4, goals from me: 0, avg # of loads of laundry per day: 2.