What a weekend!

We had an unusual weekend for us, unusual in that we probably attended more social events in the last two days than we have in the last two months combined! On Friday evening Max was invited to a local high school football game by a good friend of Coach Tav's whose son plays on the team. It was a great night (cold by AZ standards so we were doing our own huddling on the bleachers), however, I couldn't help but to think that someone should have warned Pat of two things:

1. Inviting Max to a tailgate party is dangerous. Max consumed three BBQ sandwiches, two hot dogs, and two bags of chips. This does not include what he ate off of everyone else’s' plates. I served as his "stand-in" in the food line so that he wouldn't find it necessary to interrupt his feeding frenzy. For those of you reading this I feel the need to let you know that this child is fed at home. I know it might not look this way when you see him eating in public but we really do feed him at home.
2. Don't sit next to Max if you want to concentrate on your son's game. In typical Max form he never stopped asking questions about the game of football. I would not have blamed anyone for launching Max out of the stands just to shut him up!

In the end it seems Max really did learn something about the game because he came running out of his bedroom this morning to ask me where Wisconsin was, after all that’s where the Packers are from! He actually watched the entire game forgoing his usually sacred Sunday morning ritual of back-to-back Sponge Bob episodes.

Our second social event was joining Hopekids at their Saturday morning movie which happened to be High School Musical 3. I planned on it being great fun for Ellie and her friend, a protest for Max who didn’t want to see a girl movie, and a nap for Michele and me. I was right on two counts, the girls loved it and we got a nap. Where I went wrong was Max, he danced, he sang, he fell in love with the leading lady – who is this kid and where did he come from?

From the movies we made a mad dash to soccer which was by far the highlight of the weekend. Max made his usual appearance at the beginning of both halves, dribbling the ball down the field to score! Another great win for the Fighting Falcons! But the real event came after the game when Max was presented with two wonderful awards by Coach Ron and the Terminators, the very first team Max got to play against. It seems Max made a bigger impact on the boys who helped him “get in the game” than we realized. When the awards were presented Max of course was sporting his trademark smile and his parents were bawling – it was a very touching moment and I’m so proud of Max for his spirit and of these boys for their hearts.

Before I sign off I would like to thank everyone who has given so much of themselves so that Max (and his family!) can have all of these wonderful opportunities. I think I have figured out where Max’s super-ego comes from, it comes from all of you who treat him like he’s Superman. Thank you, thank you, thank you!