baseball

Today was our first day of baseball games! And it was super crappy weather! All week it's been beautiful, we have been wearing shorts & having the a/c on in the car.  Today, we were in long sleeves, jackets, and had the heater on.  It was super windy which doesn't help baseball games! 

David's game was first today, they won 12-6! Great job Giants!! (orange team)  David is their catcher, which he LOVES, and I don't, he plays great as catcher and enjoys it but it is such a high stress position for me I think sometimes I'd rather him be out in the outfield picking flowers!  It is pretty neat though, about today David's cousin Scott is on the same team this season, Scott is one of their pitchers (actually pitching in the picture below), D & Scott did amazing this morning during the first 4 innings they were together, they had no runs scored against them!  Good job boys!

 The picture above is David catching, the picture below is David at bat.  He had 3 at bats today & got walked each time!

 Tommy's game was at 11 today.  It was SO much windier for his game than David's making it a lot colder.  Tommy doesn't do very well in the cold, but he played great!! In t-ball they don't keep score, but we won. 

Tommy is in the center of this picture 

 We have spent the longest time trying to figure out if Tommy is right or left handed... He colors right handed, writes left, uses a fork/spoon with his right but picks up with his left,  so of course it would only be natural for him to catch right handed and bat left!! So here is T batting

 And I love this picture of Tommy, he is running to home plate, but is running pretty slow right on the chalk line so that he can "get all the white off"!!

Overall, the boys had a great first day of baseball.  Nathan was in heaven playing at the playgrounds and riding his bike around today.  Kinda funny, in this league they do the numbers on the jersey 1-12 1 being the smallest & 12 being the biggest.  Tommy is #1, David is #12.

opening ceremonies

Tonight the boys had opening ceremonies for baseball!  

 David is on the Giants

 & Tommy is on the Cardinals. 

 My 2012 little league players!

 This is Tommy's team... Tommy is the one without his hat on

 & David's team, David is the one right behind the banner kind of in the center 

The boys did good at opening ceremonies, it is hard to sit through!!  Even Nathan did pretty good, he watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on youtube on my phone for most of it.  The boys are both excited for their first games in the morning!

pinewood derby

David had his last pinewood derby as a cub scout tonight!  His car was pretty fast, in his race it came in first 3 times, and 2nd one time, but it wasn't fast enough to beat out the "dad made cars" overall in the races. But it's ok, he had fun making it with Papa!  Good job D!

yikes!

Tommy's schedule for t-ball is up too!  Looking at these two schedules just with baseball for the next 3 months is a little overwhelming!  Oh well, it'll be fun!! And luckily they don't have to many games that are at the same time!  Go Cardinals! Go Giants!

so the fun begins!

Little league season officially starts for us on Friday with opening ceremonies!  This season I have 2 boys playing.  David is on the Giants & Tommy is playing t-ball on the Cardinals.  We don't have Tommy's schedule yet, but when I get it I will put it on here by David's (right side of blog).  We would LOVE to have extra cheerleaders if you are able to make it to any of the boys games!

Nathan & Mickey

After we dropped Tommy off at school today Nathan & I went to Kohls to get David a bigger size cage pants, which were on sale now so we got a merchandise credit, we grabbed the size we needed and headed to the front of the store.  On our way Nathan found a shelf in the baby/toddler area that had Disney stuffed animals on it. He started yelling "Mickey, Minnie mommy!" And grabbed both!!  I negotiated with him that he could get one, he picked Mickey.  He LOVES Mickey Mouse!!  He has a Mickey shirt that he wears, sleeps in and wears the next day. I can not physically take it off of him, if I manage to get it off he tears the hamper apart until he finds it, takes off his new shirt & puts the Mickey shirt back on. 

 Nathan with Mickey on our way home 

Once we got home Nathan wanted to go play outback, he took Mickey with him.  I went a couple minutes later to check on him and found him like this holding Mickey walking around the yard talking to Mickey.

 He even went and introduced Mickey to our neighbors dog Jasmin.  Nathan & Jasmin have a special love for eachother, before we leave the house Nathan has to give a "mmmmm" (kiss) to Jasmin.  He got a kiss from Jasmin for Mickey.

 Then he drove Mickey around the patio in his car until he heard Mickey Mouse Clubhouse come on, now they are sitting inside on the couch watching Mickey together. 

I just love this sweet, sweet little boy!  He has SO much personality and knows just what he wants and likes.  I love our Wednesday afternoons together, after we drop Tommy off at school and it is just Nathan & I for 3 hours.  I feel so often he gets shuffled along in the chaos of life & since he is so easy going and doesn't complain, it's nice to have the one on one time with him. 

Destroy!!

We have had a metal shed in the backyard forever!  It has definitely seen better days, the base was not built correctly & everything inside has gotten ruined, it is pretty useless these days.  Saturday I got determined that it was coming down!  I hired the boys as my help and we started with screwdrivers & went to work! 

(Tommy surveying the work)

It was taking a long time with the screwdrivers, so we ended up using a sledgehammer!  Much more efficient!

David carrying pieces of the shed into a pile to take for recycling

Nathan helped for a while, then decided the trampoline was a little more fun

Tommy working on the shed

Tommy supervising David unscrewing!

Even Nathan got to help with the scewdriver!

Tommy

And the finished product!! A pile of metal that used to be my shed!!  I am SO excited to get the backyard put together better and make it so much more fun for the boys to play!