Do you ever read a news article where you’re legit embarrassed that it’s a real story, a real thing and that this is something that happens on a widespread basis? Honestly. Where are we as a society in North America, when our kids turn up to rinks and pitches to play their sport and it's the … [Read more...]
Father Of Dead Teen Reminds Us To Be Alert For This Soccer Hazard
We're always worrying about our children. Whether it's their grades, their excessive screen-time, or their general health and wellbeing—it's every parent's prerogative to fret about their kids. So when we learn about a new hazard that had probably never even occurred to us, it sends shivers down … [Read more...]
Get Your Cheer On With BMO Soccer This Summer
The World Cup may have just come to a close, but soccer season is still in full swing. The soccer fields are always packed in the evenings and weekends, as well as during the day with all the daytime soccer camps across the country. There is no better way to spend the morning than in a park watching … [Read more...]
APPS Of The Week: FIFA World Cup
You can just feel the excitement in the air with the FIFA World Cup just days away. It all goes down in Brazil from June 12 to July 13. The kids have been kicking around the soccer ball at school and at home. Parents are all excited too. Parties are being planned and cars are proudly waving flags … [Read more...]
Lessons From the Pitch
Last Saturday I spent the morning sitting in the pouring rain, covered by the worlds worst umbrella. My jeans were saturated (is there anything worse?) and I wouldn't have been anywhere else. It was closing day for the kids' soccer. Cuyler had the first game of the day at 9:30am. They played … [Read more...]
Daddy Day Care
This past Saturday my bro-in-law James and I were put to the test. My wife (his sister) went away for the whole day, and his wife (my sis-in-law) was at work all day. That left the two of us and our combined 6 kids to fend for ourselves. Our precious cargo consisted of a one year old, 2 three year … [Read more...]
Summer Money
Aside from the kids heading back to school, September is kind of a crap month. That first month back to school is dedicated to filling out forms and writing cheques. I feel like it's September again. $175 each for outdoor soccer $100 for recital tickets for Eva's dance $250 for two weeks of … [Read more...]
Turban Tension
(Photo credit: Peter McCabe, The Gazette) Most kids have been playing soccer for several weeks already, or are gearing up for the summer season to begin, perhaps once school lets out. Only, here in Quebec, there's been an issue regarding the allowance of players to wear turbans during the games, … [Read more...]
FotoFriday – Footy Fun
Every Wednesday: Three kids. Three soccer games. Staggered times on different fields. Thank god for grandparents. … [Read more...]
Solo Soccer
Monday night both boys had soccer. Cam had a game and Cuyler had a practice that Eva and I were going to watch. Last week he did really well with following instructions and participating in the drills. I wasn't there but Sean said he was really happy with how Cuyler did. I was pretty excited to … [Read more...]