Nobody was expecting this blog post, least of all me.  I saw it in the list of un-published blogs, and had to laugh.  I’m pretty sure I was going to write something about the names that the ping pong, soccer, and bouncy balls have all been given by Novalie.

My Adidas F-50 soccer ball is named “Fivey,” mostly because “Fifty-ey” doesn’t work and “Effy” was out of the question.

Novalie’s pink Adidas size 4 soccer ball is named “Pink Bubble Gum.”

When you consider that there are (really) almost 300 ping pong balls in our home, it might surprise you to know that some of them have names.  One in particular.  In among the two boxes of 144 identical Killerspin® 2-star practice balls is a very naughty ping pong ball.  He’s indistinguishable from the others, but we always know which one he is.

His name is Strudel, and he’s the one ping pong ball that always rolls away from the rest, usually behind shelves or under furniture.  Strudel is by far the naughtiest of all ping pong balls.  Whenever he rolls away out of reach, we all roll our eyes and shake our heads.  ”Strudel!” we shout, as if to scold the little plastic ball.  But he never obeys.