Team Mom {Part 5 & 6)

Week 5 of Water Polo season was Halloween week. I made the boys rice krispie treats and punched them out with my pumpkin cookie cutter, then used frosting as glue to attach sugar cookies. I bagged them in jack-0-lantern treat bags and included a tag. Apparently the boys look forward to reading the quotes on the tags as much as they like eating the treats. Mr. G said they fight over who gets to read it first. How cute is that?

"Good, better, best

Never let it rest

Until your good is better

and your better is best." 

Week 6 was the last 2 games of the season. I was SO nervous for the boys. I wanted them to win so badly! And they didn't disappoint! The Tigers are WYL Champions!!!

For week 6 I made them chocolate-dipped pretzels in the team colors - purple and gold.

Saturday is the first playoff game!

Team Mom {Part 4}

Go Tigers!

"A race is not well-run unless you've crossed the finish line knowing that you couldn't have kept going for one more step. If you could have, then you didn't give it everything you had." --Jackie Dugall

I made the boys some "puppy chow" for their game on Thursday using this recipe. Thanks for the suggestion, Lacey!
Unfortunately they took their first loss of the season :-( There are two home games coming up this week and we are hoping for a couple of solid W's!

Catch up on Team Mom Parts 1 -3 here.

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Team Mom {Part 3}

The boys are continuing their undefeated season, now 7 and 0! For week 3, I put together a bottle of water along with a Crystal Light Raspberry Lemonade drink mix, like I did for Teacher Appreciation Week last year. The team gulped them down during their meeting after the game.

Quote:
Be a good team mate. When you help a team mate you are in a sense helping yourself. Take pride in making good passes. - Igor Milanovic (Olympic Water Polo Player)

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This a really simple gift that would be perfect for any occasion for a large group of people. I just purchased a 24 case of water and a 25 pack of Crystal Light on sale at Target for $3. About $7 total.

Team Mom Part II

The Team Mom post didn't published as scheduled on Monday so here it is:

Each week I make something small for my husband's water polo team. If you missed the first Team Mom post, you can catch up HERE. 

Last month the school supplies at Target went 75% off and I stocked up on Notebooks for 24 cents each!  Those notebooks were last week's gift. 

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It worked out perfectly because Mr. G needed to hand out the team Standards - a list of expectations of each player written by the team - so I printed them out and glued one to the first page of each notebook. Then added a tag. 

The season is flying by - already half way over. The boys are doing great, six wins & zero loses!

I need 2 more ideas for gifts, do you have any? Cheap, easy and for high school boys. I've already used cookies, notebooks and water bottles. Maybe a pen? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Team Mom, Part 1

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Mr. G coaches Varsity water polo and swimming and in the past I really haven't been involved with the athletes too much. We have them over once and a while for a BBQ or pasta dinner, but I usually sneak away or sit with Noelle and listen to their humorous banter. But this year, I'm taking a more active roll, team mom if you will.

This year for each home game I'm making something small for the boys to say Good Luck and let them know that I'm one of their biggest fans. 

For the first home game I made our family's secret Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Sorry, I'd love to share the recipe with you but Mr. G refuses to tell anyone, even his closest friends. One time we caught a friend going through our recipe binder for it - which Mr. G anticipated would happen so he hid the cookie recipe in a top secret location. I'm pretty sure it would be on his list of three things he'd take if there were a fire. 

I attached a little tag with a thought-provoking quote by Heywood Broun - Sports do not build character, they reveal it. 

The boys loved the cookies and they won, 18-8!