The Green Eyed Monster

Today another mom and I decided to do something a little extra special for our daughters' soccer team. The team was attending a soccer camp in near 100 degree weather today, so we surprised them with ice cream sundaes. My daughter Halley asked if her best friend could have a sundae. We moms agreed, but insisted that the friend eat with our team as we did not want there to be any problems.

To make a long story short, Halley comes back with her best friend's little sister also attending with her team. We asked the girl to sit and eat her sundae with us. She said she wanted to go back with her team. We again asked her to stay with us. Well, the green eyed monsters were already rearing their ugly heads. Three of the girls on her team marched right up to our table and asked if they could have some ice cream. Put in a bad situation, I counted 5 girls, but they seemed to be rapidly multiplying.

So, I asked how many girls were on the team. They answered 13. Yikes! We did not have enough for the whole team. When we told them that we did not have enough, one of the girls was clearly angry as they returned to their spot in the shade.

When our little friend went back over to her team, the girls, led by the angry one, began to yell at her. We moms had decided to make them a dish and stick the remaining 4 spoons in it. We called over the little girl so she could take it back to her teammates who promptly demanded she bring more spoons. Then, the original three girls ran up to us and demanded 2 more spoons! We were stunned! We told them that we had no more spoons. They demanded 2 more spoons yet again.

When they were unable to obtain more spoons, they stormed off. I did yell out to them that their parents would be very disappointed at their behavior. The other mom added that they didn't even bother to say thank you! Unbelievable!