Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Sport”
He was a skateboarder when I met him (I skated too actually, fairly well) and he will be a skateboarder long after the wheels have stopped spinning I’m sure. As is always the way when all of a sudden you can’t do something, I secretly have major skate envy at the moment as the influx of beautiful concrete bowls in …
When Ethan was a newborn one of our friends in San Diego quickly noted that he was not one of those ‘spaghetti’ babies. What she meant was, he was never limp or floppy. There was always tension in his wee body and he has always been strong, robust and above the 95th percentiles. As he has grown nothing much has …
First day back and school and 45kms done – another 15 to go before we get home {I’m typing this at my own personal nightmare location – the pool, that’s another blog post}. Monday’s are a wee bit chaos-flavored as I drive in circles to get E to swimming right after school. Monday is our ‘be prepared’ day. Afternoon tea …
The wonderful team at Milo have really gotten in behind the concept of play in 2012 and it has been so great to be involved as a Mum Ambassador! You can catch up on what we’ve all been up to by heading over to the Milo Australia/New Zealand Facebook page and getting involved in the discussions and play ideas, plus keep …
Ah yes. Tonight was netball night, otherwise known as shit-I-have-the-hairiest-legs-EVER night, or “Mum, when did you get an Ahhh-Bra?” night. Damn infomercials. That would be a sports bra son. Telling my ultra-competitive, good at all sports son that we got caned is also not that much fun. I neglected to tell him our opposition were down a player; minor detail. …
After an amazing game against Helensville on Saturday {Ethan’s team won 120-10!}, he had to don his mouthguard again on Sunday {I had to get up at 6am!!!!} for the Barbarians tournament in Devonport. I was quite unprepared for the size of the tournament, there were schools from all over Auckland and hundreds of keen-as, rugby mad kids ready to …
Yay! I played my first game of netball in 3 years tonight and my team won! To be entirely honest I was dreading the game. 8pm on a Monday night in winter is really not prime Melissa time. Dragging yourself out of the house in shorts and sneaks when its RAINING does not bode well for me. I was also …
Running and I have a long and sordid history, mostly in my head as opposed to on the track, road or treadmill, but let us not digress. When I was a young thing I always wanted to be an athletics star. I would join the athletics team every year and fervently leap the hurdles, sure that I must have grown …
The end of New Zealand Summer {or the seamless transition to Autumn as has been the case this Summer-less year!} always brings with it March, and in March comes school Swimming Sports. Despite Ethan’s obvious enjoyment of swimming, his natural awesome swimming ability and the approximately 350 swimming lessons he has attended in his life, swimming sports stresses him out. …