First (real) day of summer ...

As any kid (or teacher) will tell you, the first real day of summer does not occur until school is officially done until September. So while The Playmaker and The Playmaker's Sister finished school last week, we did not finish until yesterday. So we welcomed in the first real day of summer today!

Four quickies:

1. Yesterday's predictions! We were 1-2 on yesterday's prognostications. Unfortunately, the one we really wanted to get wrong, we got right. Your Angels did, in fact, get their ass kicked, to the tune of 10-zip in the championship. Clearly over-matched, the bats were utterly silent. We managed a mere two hits the entire game. The Playmaker went 0-2 with a walk. He did have one great play. With the bases loaded and one out, the batter hit a grounder to the pitcher. He threw home to The Playmaker, who got the force and immediately fired to first to get the double play. Alas, that was the only highlight for the Angels. Still, we entered the playoffs with a 3-6-2 record. And then we won four straight playoff games by a combined 24-1 to win the winners' bracket. And that's what we took home with us last night. The knowledge that had it not been for some pu$$y mandated double elimination format, we were the champions -- the last remaining undefeated team. (We also took home a SWEET trophy, a bronze baseball glove.) As for our other prediction (Philles getting swept by the Red Sox), clearly Cliff Lee read the blog and got all fired up. We got home in the third inning and watched the entire game with The Playmaker. Good stuff.

2. Flag football camp! The Playmaker is hitting the turf this week, every morning from 9-12. His team won yesterday 28-21. He had two of the four touchdowns. One on a reception, the other on a run.

3. A picture a day! We read a neat article last weekend on a college student who took one picture every day in the year 2010. A kind of photo journal. We thought we would try it this summer. So today we captured the kids washing our Toyota Camry in the driveway.

4. 90210! As is our annual tradition on this day, 90210 first day of summer videos. Enjoy!