My mom made me!

A couple good stories!!


At a swim meet after Justin had a bad swim he was being grumpy and not talking to me. He came over before his next race to see what I had to say. CL: 'oh so you are speaking to me now?' J: 'no, my mom made me come talk to you.'

Sigh...


CL: 'What do you want for Christmas?' J: 'I would really like for you to get rid of Jeremy for my Christmas present. And I would like to be there to watch.' CL: 'Not going to happen.'


As Justin is giving a REALLY long explanation of a story Jeremy tells him to move it along. J: 'I am giving my explanation like an expository prompt with lots of details.'

At least he is paying attention in school!!

Best Story Yet!

Justin's mom is going over his spelling words with him. One of the words is spite.
M: Justin do you know what spite means? J: No. M: How would you explain it Coach Lori? CL: I'll look it up!
.... Give him a definition and try to explain it ...
M: Do you know what petty means? J: Yeah, it's when you get your nails done.
::I fall off the couch laughing!!::
CL: Thats p-e-d-i not petty. It's stands for pedicure! And where did you learn that?!

Man

Justin walked into my office and said 'Hi Coach Lori. I'm going outside at 15 after. I'm a man and men make their own decisions.' As I try REALLY hard not to laugh at him I asked what made him a man. J: 'I have a six pack now and that makes you a man.' He then proceeds to show me his six pack. As I touch his 'six pack' he says 'Stop that Coach Lori, it tickles!'

Big man!!!

Beautiful Face!

Two good stories for the day!


CL: "Justin, are you going to swim at the Seminole Meet?"  J: "Well, I'm not really sure yet."  CL: "Well I took the day off of work so I could watch you swim."  J: "I'm guessing I'm swimming then."  CL: "Oh good!"


Getting in the car to go to swim practice.  CL: "Where is your mesh bag?"  Justin scurries into the house to get it.  He gets in the car...  CL: "Do you have your backpack?  mesh bag?  towel?  sneakers?  Do you have everything?"  J: "Yes and don't forget we have my beautiful face!"

I don't even know what to say to that....

Math

Justin just asked me what I thought 27.7282 was the quotient for. What?!? I asked why he was using such big words. His response was 'well divisor and dividend were not the correct words'.

Um?!

Love. This. Kid.

Special treat today!!

Guest Post from Justin’s Mom…

The other day we were going out for breakfast, and we lucked into getting the very front parking spot by the front door of First Watch. Mom: “We got the best parking spot, Justin. I guess that’s because we’re Number 1.” J: “Well, maybe we’re only number 2. If Coach Lori was with us, then we’d be Number 1.”

So… Justin, Mom and Dad together are Number 2. But if Coach Lori is with us, THEN we become Number 1.

T Swift

In the car with the boys driving.  Taylor Swifts new song is on and we are singing away!  So I pose the question to the boys... "Why do guys continue to date Taylor Swift if they know she is going to end up writing a song about them?  Is it because she is Taylor Swift?"

Jeremy's answer:  "Maybe..."

Justin's answer:  "Well Coach Lori even if you are an ex-boyfriend Taylor Swift wrote a song about you.  And Taylor Swift writing a song about you is good.  And I don't think they plan on being her ex-boyfriend."

Can't argue with him!

An important question!

Justin has just discovered Full House and he LOVES it!  I'm all over this because I love it too.

In an episode yesterday DJ was talking to Kimmie on the phone about one of their friends kissing someone.  DJ asks 'Did she have her eyes opened or closed?'.  Justin turns to me and says 'That's an important question Coach Lori!'  CL: 'Huh?!'  J: 'Well, if they kissed with their eyes closed then that means that it is a REAL relationship.  If they kissed with their eyes open then it isn't and they were just staring at each other.'  CL:  can't say anything .... laughing so hard!

Honestly, I had nothing to say to this.  I just laughed.  How does he come up with this kind of stuff?!

Man Hug

Justin comes in to say hi before he runs out to practice.  CL:  'Justin I really wish you would give me an actual hug.'   J: 'I'm giving you a man hug Coach Lori.'

A man hug. Oh boy....

Bulk

I'm terrible at updating this!

On Friday I asked Justin about school and PE....

J: "PE was ok but all the sporty kids got on one team so it wasn't very fair.  Although all the smart kids were on my team and brains are better than bulk in the real work."


Today about school....

J: "I nailed the spelling pre-test!"

Nine!!

I can't believe Justin is nine already!  I remember when he was a little five year old racing in the Barracuda meets!  Where has the time gone?!

Last night Justin was out playing basketball in the driveway and I was sitting out watching him.  When he was done I convinced him to sit out there with me since the weather was so nice.  We had a hilarious Justin & Coach Lori conversation!

Talking about Charlotte, a girl in his class....

CL: "Are you going to miss Charlotte this summer?  You won't see her for June, July or some of August."  J: "No, I have you this summer."

CL: "So is Charlotte your girlfriend?"  J: "Well she is a girl and my friend but not my girlfriend.  There are certain things that have to take place before people become girlfriend/boyfriend."  CL: "What are those things?"  J: "I don't know!  That's why Charlotte isn't my girlfriend!"

J: "On TV people always get girlfriends and boyfriends really quickly but there always seems to be a lot of dumping happening!"  


Talking about grown-up Justin....

CL: "So Justin when you are grown-up and famous are you going to forget me?"  J: "No, of course not.  You can have some credit for my being famous.  Just a little credit though."  CL: "Will you build me a little house next to yours that I can live in?"  J: "You can live in my house.  You can rent a room for $150 a month.  That is a good deal!  Actually, you can just live in my house with me and be like my parent.  Or maybe parents if you get married.  But you don't even have a boyfriend right now so that is going to be a while.  You are single.  It might be a while before you are a double."

Old and Presidents!!

On Wednesday I was talking to Justin about his trip to Sarasota this weekend. CL:' Are you excited about seeing your grandparents?' J:' I am. I haven't seen them since Christmas. They told me that they would see me in February but it's actually March. They are old though so I will give them credit."

Hahahaha!!!! I don't think his grandparents will appreciate the comment!


While playing a Wii game today Justin found something in the game. J:' I haven't seen a jar since Nixon!'

WHAT?!?!

Outgrown us!!

I need to give a little info before we get into this story...

The players:
Justin, Coach Lori and Coach Amanda...regulars!
Taylor: Head lifeguard at the pool
Ashley: Barracuda coach and lifeguard at the pool
Katie: seven year old swimmer on the Barracudas

Here we go..

L: "I'm texting Coach Amanda."   K: "Coach Amanda!  I miss her, is she coming back next summer?"  L: "No, she isn't."  T: "WHAT? SHE ISN'T? (jaw drop)"  A: "She isn't? Oh no!"  K: "She's not?"  L: "She isn't and we are NOT talking about it.  It's too upsetting for me."  J: "Coach Amanda needs to concentrate on her career.  She has outgrown us."

What?!  We all looked at Justin and then called Amanda to tell her!

Smarter than a 5th grader!

On the way to the book fair....  

   J: "I'm excited to go to the book fair and see some of my peers."

Watching Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader....

   J: "Social Studies!  I'm good at that since I'm social.  But it turns out that it's more about studies then social!!"

   J: "Anatomy..what's that?"  L: "It's about the body."  J: "I know body parts!  Eyes, ears, nose, esophagus!"   

Oh Justin...

Brownie Material

As we are at the table eating dessert....

J: "Coach Lori, is this dessert made out of the same material as brownies?"  L: "Material?"  J: "Ok fine, edible substance."