PSoTD

Here's a bunch of famous folks my wife joins in turning 41 this year - of course, she just reaches it today.

Kinda strange to think that Kurt Cobain would have been that age this year.

Both kids are now registered in the Cumberland Valley Youth Basketball Association. Evaluations are in late October, practices start pretty soon after that. Basketball season around our house is a very busy time, but a fun time - I really enjoy it.

Now that we have two kids in this league, I've had to make a decision, and this year I'll coach our oldest and assistant coach the youngest. Games and practices will conflict and the head coach really should be there unless of an emergency - that's the commitment you make to the kids on the team, and their parents.

The sad part of that is that this is likely to be my last year of head coaching hoops for the oldest. She and I have already discussed it, and the three of us (including the youngest) are in agreement - next year she'll need a different coach, hopefully someone who can bring coaching and kid talents to the table that I don't, and I'll head coach his team as well.

Our youngest turned 8 on Sunday, and there's a bit of a procedure that comes with that - the removal of the child car seats. My wife commented on Sunday morning that it was kind of sad, it was one of the last things left of this age of his toddlerhood, and since he's our youngest and we are not planning for any more children, it's the last of this stage for us as well. I guess it is kind of sad, but frankly, I like the flexibility of my car WITHOUT car seats too, since we find ourselves sometimes driving more than just our kids to places, and the car seat took up a bit of space.

My wife is likely to find it sad again in a few months as our oldest turns 12, because Pennsylvania state law allows a 12 year old to sit up front in the passenger seat and there will likely be many, many challenges about her sitting up front (instead of my regular copilot) on family trips in the future.