We recently took advantage of my parents’ visit by making Dad go car shopping with Jay. It was more along the lines of car buying since we had already narrowed down the car we wanted and the features we wanted. Then we called and emailed dealers for their best quotes. From there we decided who to start with and where to move from there.

In the end, we came home with a 2010 Toyota Highlander. Not the hybrid because we couldn’t justify the cost versus the ecological impact. We had decided on the Highlander for 2 reasons: We often cart around more than 2 kids and in Massachusetts, kids need to be in boosters until age 8! AND minivans scare the crap out of me! Now we have this honking vehicle with lower gas mileage than either of us have had before (we’ve both had small cars or sedans), but I really like it! The kids have been using the third row, although we need to hide it for our trip to Buffalo. There is plenty of room for all, we can hook up out mp3 players to the car and listen to our music… It’s a nice car.

This made me think about being a soccer mom. Strangely, only Soleil has played soccer and Luna wants to this spring. I will see. Luna is really our big sports girl. We just signed her up for another ice skating competition. This one is in January. I just got a new skating dress from ebay for her. Her last one is getting a wee bit tight in spots. This is a little odd since she is 5 years old. Think about this. A 5 year old girl is in her second basic skills ice skating competition. On her request. SHE wants to do this. She is now learning some cool stuff like the bunny hop (put one foot on the toe picks and then push up in a hop and glide on the other foot) and cross overs (those are TOUGH). She is looking more and more graceful on the ice. Scary. It is just plain scary to me!

Soleil is really into hockey. She loves going, but last week was the first time she actually went for the puck. She is afraid of doing something wrong. I’ve told her to not stress it, but you know that she does stress it. Maybe I’ll be a hockey mom instead of a soccer mom, but more likely, I’ll be a skating mom. The Olympics are coming up and I hope that Luna likes to watch the ice skating competitions. She will probably love that!

When did life change from a mommy to a mom of kids?