The kids have been after me to acquire a basketball hoop for the driveway. There hadn't been any that sounded promising on craigslist, and I was not quite ready to drop $150 on a brand new one, so I figured I'd wait around and see what turned up.
As luck would have it, my next door neighbor was out in the yard this afternoon, and asked me out of the blue if our kids would be interested in taking their old basketball hoop, as his boys were grown and didn't use it anymore. We gladly accepted his generous offer; he even adjusted the height and had his son wheel it over to our driveway. The kids have been happily fighting over whose turn it is all afternoon.
This here is a totally new sport we just invented. I'm certain it has Olympic potential. We call it Dog Soccer. To play, you need at least four soccer balls
and four frisbees, and as many people as you can gather (in our case, usually 6 or 7). Oh, you also need a dog. Preferably a very fast, athletic dog. The rules are as follows: throw the frisbees and whale on the soccer balls in every direction until the whole team collapses on the grass in exhaustion or the dog runs away. It's quite fun; we've been playing every night this week.
Players can sub out at will. This one is awfully cute.
Green grass, blue skies, healthy children, fresh air. It doesn't get much better than this!
The kids have been after me to acquire a basketball hoop for the driveway. There hadn't been any that sounded promising on craigslist, and I was not quite ready to drop $150 on a brand new one, so I figured I'd wait around and see what turned up.
As luck would have it, my next door neighbor was out in the yard this afternoon, and asked me out of the blue if our kids would be interested in taking their old basketball hoop, as his boys were grown and didn't use it anymore. We gladly accepted his generous offer; he even adjusted the height and had his son wheel it over to our driveway. The kids have been happily fighting over whose turn it is all afternoon.
This here is a totally new sport we just invented. I'm certain it has Olympic potential. We call it Dog Soccer. To play, you need at least four soccer balls and four frisbees, and as many people as you can gather (in our case, usually 6 or 7). Oh, you also need a dog. Preferably a very fast, athletic dog. The rules are as follows: throw the frisbees and whale on the soccer balls in every direction until the whole team collapses on the grass in exhaustion or the dog runs away. It's quite fun; we've been playing every night this week.
Players can sub out at will. This one is awfully cute. 
Green grass, blue skies, healthy children, fresh air. It doesn't get much better than this!
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