{"id":8958,"date":"2008-06-20T16:09:36","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T16:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/20\/the-british-are-coming"},"modified":"2008-06-20T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T16:09:36","slug":"the-british-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2008\/06\/20\/the-british-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"The British are Coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally found a way to keep my kids so busy, make them so exhausted, and have them so worn out with fun that they are literally begging to go to bed.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Yes! Begging to go to bed with moans of “I’m sooooo tired.” <\/font><\/p>\n

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Normally, my kids would choose death before ever admitting they were tired.<\/font><\/p>\n

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But there they were – 8ish on a still light summery night, heads hitting the pillow and not a peep. Not a sneak up to get another drink. No flashlights flashing signals down the hall. No walking past a bedroom door at 9:30 and finding a stuffed animal tea party in session. Snoring before I even left the room after hugs and kissies!<\/font><\/p>\n

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Thank you Challenger British soccer camp. Where can I send the fruit basket?<\/font><\/p>\n

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?        <\/span>?        <\/span>?<\/font><\/p>\n

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Actually, the British already came, coached, and played my kids into the ground until they collapsed with dazed grins of soccer euphoria.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Today wrapped up the final day of the Challenger soccer camp with real, live coaches from Britain. Six young men and one woman with such delightful accents, I almost stuck around for five hours just to listen to them talk and be so adorable.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Actually (and I just said that in my head with a spot-on Manchester dialect), I worried the camp was a little long, but my soccer-rabid kids loved the extended camp. Even if they did look like wilted little flowers when I picked them up in the afternoon. <\/font><\/p>\n

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And I got sooooo much done – every errand on my list without having to ax from the bottom because the whining became too much to handle; exercise first thing in the morning – shower included!—without having to walk around all day in gym clothes hoping at some point I could squeeze it in; laundry done – and folded and put away!; creative dinners on time without quickie side dishes of applesauce or Jell-O. <\/font><\/p>\n

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I even had time to arrive early a few days to watch the kids play Austin Powers (When the coaches asked if the players were ready the kids answered, “Yeah, baby, yeah!”), and a daily World Cup competition complete with flag waving goal celebrations.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Okay, and listen to those cute Brits talk some more too.<\/font><\/p>\n

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I wish you could’ve seen the reaction from one mopped headed Englishman when I told him I had just seen David Beckham at Disneyland the week earlier. You would’ve thought I told him I just shook the hand of Jesus.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Once he composed himself and after breathlessly confirming how close I got, he asked, “‘ow far is Los Angel—ees from ‘ere? Do you think I’d catch sight of ‘im if I went down there? I’d really like to see a game of Galaxy football while I’m ‘ere.”<\/font><\/p>\n

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How’d I sound? Pretty spot-on imitation, wouldn’t ya say? Not bad, eh?<\/font><\/p>\n

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Hmm, I wonder if they still have room in next month’s camp…for the kids, of course!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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