Jaden plays T-ball. He has a great coach this year and I've really been enjoying the parents of his teammates as well. Last Thursday they had a scrimmage. After the scrimmage coach sat the team down to discuss the good things and the things they need to improve on. He then mentioned that the team needed a name. His daughter suggested the "All Stars," but then another kid said he didn't like that name and suggested that they be called the "Hot Dogs."
Apparently coach is a big advocate for democracy so they all voted on these two names...except for my son. When Jaden was asked why he didn't vote, his reason was that he didn't like either name. Coach then asked him what he would like the name to be. At this point I braced myself.
Jaden's response, "The Dragon Balls." Parents around me started giggling as I stared at the ground.
And because coach wanted us to see his commitment to democracy, he decided they should re-vote with all three names in the mix.
Final Tally:
All Stars - 3 votes
Hot Dogs - 3 votes
Dragon Balls - 4 votes
On of the dads came over to me to let me know they are holding me responsible for this. He said it with a smile on his face because every parent out there knows that could have been their child. It was actually his kid who suggested "Hot Dogs."
Who am I kidding? "Hot Dogs" would have been an awesome name.
6 comments:
Amazing.
they could have just combined all three names "All Hot Balls"
Rookie mistake. You can't have a democracy when it involves kids.
Please tell me Dragon Balls is being branded on t-shirts as I type.
i love that jaden didn't cave to peer pressure!
Yeah, but the other three kids that voted with him did.
This was priceless! I sent it to John & Tony & told them that this is why they should (eventually) have kids of their own!
Cindy
Brett's idea is also ....interesting....
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