Boys Doing Boy Stuff

Isaac had a pretty good ending to his baseball season that started out a little rough because I was late to register him (not realizing that they start practices in February when we were still in the thick of basketball and football seasons.)  One of his first practices he was hit in the face by the ball when a teammate threw it to him, but didn't make sure he was looking first.  The team made it to the playoffs, but lost the first playoff game.  Isaac had a super hit in the game to decide the playoffs though.  He became the clean up hitter on the lineup over the course of the season.  He can hit the strikes, but in this age strikes are the exception.  Therefore, there is a lot of walking and stealing going on.

Troops of St. George had a camp out this spring.  The boys got to fish and Isaac learned to put a worm on a hook.  Drew did not have the perseverance for it though yet.  The boys were so exhausted after two night of camping out!

The older two boys went with Dad another weekend to a friend's ranch and got to work on gun safety and shooting.

The rest of us met them out there and Bob got to sit on a four-wheeler and climb on a tractor.  Genevieve got to drive the golf cart, and Hannah claimed "she nearly killed" them.  I'm sure that was an exaggeration.

Drew gave me a fright at the playground between the library and the YMCA.  There are two kid playgrounds and then there is an adult outdoor exercise area with resistance machines.  While a friend of mine was standing in the shade of the cover on the adult exercise area, the kids gravitated over to us and started trying out the equipment.  I was watching and had warmed them about watching out where the equipment is in relation to their friends.  Alas, Judah's friend hopped off a machine and the bar attched to it that had been held back by his weight swung forward right as Drew walked by.  The metal bar hit him on the forehead.  He stopped and rubbed it really slowly.  I asked him if it hit him and he kinda did a half smile and said, "Yes."  I told him to come here and I pulled his hair out of the way to check his head.  My friend and I gasped at the same time.  Drew looked dumbfounded, still not crying, and asked, "What?" a little dazed like.  We decided to see if the library had ice and I asked him his name and a bunch of questions before I let him move.  He kept laughing at my "silly" questions.  What's your name?  How old are you?  Who's the president of the United States?  I was just sure this was a concussion that was going to show itself in a delayed fashion.  So I asked him if I could carry him.  Again, he chuckled  and said I could.  Then he started asking what was wrong and if he could see it.  I pushed getting ice on it first and sitting down for a while.  I took these pictures so I could send them to Brian and see what he thought I should do.  He ended up being totally fine, but I watched him for a couple of days pretty closely and kept the activity to a minimum as best I could could.  Hannah blacked out the next day after a concussion once, so you never can tell.

On a more happy note, I love that we are able to go to my nephews' games and performances.  Turner had a TOTS performance that we quite enjoyed.  My favorite was that he kept asking his dad in the middle if he could shoot yet.  Sorry to disappoint the guy, but there was no shooting in this one.  He rocked his dribbling and following instructions!

Brian just though this was adorable.  Bobby was looking for a lid for his milk cup I bet.  He suddenly has had an increase in milk drinking again, but it has to have a lid and a straw to be fun you know.  You can't blow bubbles sufficiently if it doesn't.

Easter 2019: A Family Affair to Remember

Saturday afternoon we let the kids dye eggs.  I boiled 60 and everyone got nearly ten.  My nephew came over and we shared two with him, but that's all he really cared to do anyway.  It was hot out in that sun.  We need to find a cover for this gazebo that sits in the middle of our (rental's) yard.

Then Brian made an apple strudel, which is pretty crazy since it's the first things he's ever baked...EVER.  He didn't bake it though because we got all cleaned up and went to the Easter Vigil as a family for the first time since Brian and I came into the church.  A late service like that is never fun with little ones, and we always make Holy Thursday Mass a priority since it is my favorite.

Hannah was still getting dressed.  She missed out on the family picture.

Brian was so worried that we wouldn't get seats at the Vigil Mass after our Midnight Mass experience, and so we arrived an hour early.  I did not think this entirely necessary, but I didn't want to be the one responsible for making us stand for over two hours.   So we took some pictures in the van and hung out for a while before going in.  The parking lot was completely empty.

Easter morning, the kids got to have their Easter baskets before heading over to my brother's house for Easter lunch, egg hunts and other festivities!

This is how listening to my husband's yearly Laying Down of the Laws of the Easter Egg Hunt looks.

The gold sparkly one has money in it!

The little ones met at the tot table to check out their egg stash while the older kids tried to find the most tricky eggs hid by the dads.

Of course, there were confetti eggs to smash!

And don't forget a walloping game of water balloon baseball to end the fun at Uncle Kent's before moving to my sister's house to swim.

Attempting to Catch Up

This season in my life seems to make it very difficult to keep up with my blog posting.  I'm once again going to attempt to catch up and actually post regularly so this doesn't happen again.  In order to try this though I am going to do a fast catch up that is less than thorough.

This post is just a few disjointed pictures from things that have been going on.  Several friends have been turning 40 lately so we've been to three other 40 celebrations.  I've been particularly bad about taking pictures (but good at living in the moment!) so this is the only party I really got any decent pictures from.

This fountain is outside our parish and it is a big draw after sitting still in Mass for the boys to run around it and try to look into it.

We went to the zoo again, and we wore Bobby out, mainly, because he is fazing out the nap.  Eventually it catches up with him, especially if he doesn't even get a "rest" in his room to look at books.  I give him a big stack of books and he goes to town looking through them until the timer rings.

My Nephew's 3rd Birthday Party

My nephew had his third birthday, and it was a joy to be here to celebrate it with him!

Bobby trying the pinata

Judah trying the pinata

Drew trying the pinata

Bobby is almost four years old (sniff sniff) and these boys are all just barely three, and they are the same height.

Drew with his other cousin

Hannah and Genevieve invited friends to this party so they'd have someone to hang out with since no one else was over seven.

I couldn't stop taking pictures of my sweet niece!  She is just too sweet!  She got very sleepy during the party and so I took her to the back room and tried to get her to sleep.  My sister hadn't brought any of her sleep stuff, but I was pleased that I still have the magic touch and was able to get her down in less than fifteen minutes.   

I made my nephew these sports figure wooden peg people.  He is big into sports and is quite the natural for his age.  I made a basketball player version of himself and the Padres player is my sister-in-law's cousin.