TENNIS...

...with a five year old...

please keep in mind....
i haven't played tennis since high school...and even then,
well, it wasn't pretty.
so, when jack mentioned wanting to play tennis..
i said sure buddy we'll go play tennis...(wink, wink)
after about the 100th mention of it..
i quite obviously had no choice but to go play.
(it's 90 here....by the way...)

here are some of my favorite quotes of the day...
(because, even if i were digi, i would have been too busy running after balls to take pics ;)...

jack- "i'm gonna whoop you."
me- "you are huh?"
jack- "well, i'm not weally gonna whoop you...it's a figure of speech.
it means i'm going to beat you."

jack- "mom...if you make your racquet go dis way you might get it over the net"

jack- "when you throw it up and hit it mom...that's called a serve."

me- "you're being awful critical of my play don't you think?"
jack-"what's that mean?"
me- "you're being kind of hard on me...and telling me what to do."
jack- "oh, yeah, just pwetend i'm your coach!"

jack- "mom, i thought you played before?!?"

jack- "if you hit it in the net again, then i get a point. that's how it works in mario tennis you know."

jack- "i'm pretty good at this...and i didn't even take lessons like you."

ETA: (I forgot this one, until a plane flew over us at baseball tonight) :)jack- "HEY mom! LOOK! An airplane!......(SMACK).....
HA! made ya look! miss..."

jack- "umm, you need to put the racket up...behind your head...like the professionals do"

all in all....it was lots of fun...hot sweaty fun...
but fun.
the ball only went over the fence once..
yes, you read that right...over the FENCE..
thank you jack. (we totally looked like professionals! yeah, we did...)

today was to be my first official get-off-your-butt-and-use-your-treadmill-day...however...after an hour and a half of ball chasing..
that's going to count...it just is.

On another, unrelated note...

it took jared a long time to figure out why i was calling him
"jared parker angel"....
but i think after finding this photo....
it's no longer confusing! HA!

happy tuesday that i keep thinking is a monday...xxe