Thursday news roundup
1. Brooklynne's birthday was Monday. She thinks she's getting old, but I know better. I think she had a really good time at her party Saturday, and she loves her new bike, so thanks to all of you who helped on those fronts. Our families came together and got her a Trek Pure Sport Lowstep in gray with a baby seat, bell, odometer/computer, lock, and Halleigh helmet. 
We've already taken it to the park for a picnic dinner! What fun!
2. I usually don't like watching the olympics because it is always too sappy. However, this year I've gotten drawn in a little because the coverage is much less sentimental and I've gotten lucky in turning it on right when some of the best, most competitive events have been on. Still I have a few pointers for NBC: 1) show some great performances from people besides Americans--NBC is obscessed with only airing the events that have American headliners; 2) show more of the team sports--I would MUCH rather see a basketball, soccer, volleyball (indoor), or hockey match than another swimming heat; 3) put someone besides Bela Kiroli in the room with Bob Costas.
3) The age controversy in gymnastics is mostly sour grapes on the Americans' part. If we had brought our A game when the Chinese gave us an opportunity, we would have the gold anyway. It's just being a sore loser to cry foul after you failed to perform at gold-metal level anyway. Get over it.
4) The other day, out of the blue, Halleigh said "you're welcome" when I told her thank you.
5) As much as I hate to be on Bush's side in anything having to do with the military, I think the move to send troops into Georgia on a "humanitarian" mission is probably a good decision. Hopefully we can offer aid to the people there, while preventing the Russians from steamrolling Georgia without actively threatening our old rival. I just hope Condi will make sure Saakashvili knows that we're not going to back up all of his dumb moves in the future. I would love to hear what other people think, especially my overseas friends who may get less biased news service.
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I disagree on gymnastics. It's very different competing before puberty -- girls bodies are shaped differently and can do some of the harder moves with more ease when they are younger. If the Americans had broken the rules too, our team could have been a lot better. Yeah they didn't perform great, but it was harder for them all along.
Erin, that's a good point.
I still kind of think that you lose your right to complain when you don't do well enough to win anyway. That's just my view of sports. If you don't play well enough to win in a fair competition, you shouldn't complain about other people beating you whether they play fair or not.
Am I being too harsh? All other things aside, was the American performance worthy of olympic gold? Maybe Brooklynne can weigh in since she has a background?
I was a good gymnast til I puberty hit too. I still don't think the USA would have won even if China had played by the rules. Too many bobbles etc.