Sam's Sayings

Sam and Matt were playing a rather heated soccer game. Sam was heading a ball and Matt wanted to get it. Instead he kicked Sam in the eye, leaving his footprint there and Sam's eye went black the next day. Sam told me, "the rec leaders got me some ice and said I could have a time out. But then I thought, "screw the pain. Matt's team might score. So I went back on the field."

Sam told me he was having an Angzichity Attack. I asked, "what does an Angzichity Attack feel like?" He said, "it is when you really really want something and it gives you a pain in your stomach." What he really really wanted was to not do school work and play computer games instead.

Matt has been doing a lot of research on how to make a Gillie Suit (the thing they use in the army to make them look like they are part of the vegetation.) He bought burlap and dyed it camouflage colours. It turned out really nicely although burlap really stinks. Then he asked Kate to teach him how to sew. She said, "you should just staple it on instead." Matt worked on the stapling for a lot of hours. At bedtime he was very very discouraged and angry because it wasn't working. I suggested that he pray about it. I prayed too. In the morning I had this idea of tying the dyed burlap to a burlap base that was like a cloak. (You only wear the gillie suit on your back as the extra layers make it cumbersome to commando crawl). I asked Matt if God had given him any ideas. He said, "yes. Fishing string. We could tie the camouflaged burlap on with fishing string. It is strong and sturdy." I said, "that's the idea that God gave me too." The Gillie suit actually looks amazing.

Tonight the hockey team that Ron is the chaplain of had an exhibition game. Matt and Sam have the habit of standing beside the goal judge during the game, and have become good friends. But tonight the goal judge wasn't there so Matt asked the referee if he could be the goal judge. The referee said, "Yes. If I point at the goal or you see a goal go in, flick on the light." Matt and Sam have also asked if they could volunteer as the zamboni driver. But so far the answer is NO.

Matt and Sam have a deal with Ron - they often dilly dally at bedtime. Ron said he would take them to Dairy Queen and buy them a Dilly bar if they could go to bed on time for 5 nights in a row. It is not looking good.