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!

boys again

Let's just say I don't remember when the last time the boys got their hair cut last!  

If you look at the t-ball post, you can see how long Tommy's hair was & see Nathan's long blonde hair under the batting helmet, and David's hair was at least 3 inches long (standing straight up as only D's hair does)  No joke!

Here is Nathan wearing his trim/hair cut & showing off his hand, silly Nay-Nay

 We gave Tommy a whole new look!!  He got cut really short and got spikes!!  He really likes his spikes, his only complaint is that he can't scratch his head cause it hurts his hand!

 The little boys modeling their new dos :)

 After we picked David up from school we took him to get his desperately needed hair cut.

 This is Tommy after his bath tonight with no spikes, which I love just as much!!  So glad we have Tashia to do the boys hair!

T-Ball

We spent Monday getting Tommy ready for t-ball.  We had a t-ball bat we got from Papa, and bought a batting helmet, batting gloves, a fielding glove, ball and gear bag (haven't found cleats small enough yet!)  Tommy was so excited and spent a good hour packing and unpacking his bag!

(Nathan was happy to try on his helmet)

Tommy is on the Cardinals t-ball team this season.  Tonight was their first practice.  Not to sure how good the team will be this year, but it will certainly be entertaining.  I was SO impressed with Tommy, in the beginning of practice he was in the dugout unpacking his gear, his coach asked him what his name was & he just looked at her BUT by the end of practice he was talking & having a full conversation with her!

 T did pretty good playing tonight, he had a lot of fun playing baseball & is looking forward to his next practice!

injuries & illness

I had these great visions of February...we would be home on weekends with only baseball practices that had to be attended to, I would be able to catch up on laundry & projects around the house and backyard...my dreamworld didn't make it to real life!  

Since we have been back from the St. George tournament the kids have been sick for what seems like non-stop!  Nathan has had a few nasty ear infections & strep really bad (currently does & is on meds) luckily we see Dr. Manthei (ENT) tomorrow and will see if he needs another set of tubes put in (I think he does). Tommy is stubborn!!!  He has strep also, but refuses to take medication, you can't disguise it in food/drink he won't eat/drink and if you force it in him, he makes himself throw up...so he has a few appointments this week with the pediatrician to get his antibiotic shots. We will find out tomorrow at the ENT appointment if we can get his tonsils out too, I think it is Tommy that is starting the germs & getting everyone else sick. T is the only one of my kids that ONLY got tubes from the ENT, surprisingly with all his medical drama! David also has strep, he is on antibiotics. I am the worst out of the group & didn't get up off the couch yesterday except to get more meds at the pharmacy & ended up getting thrown up on by Nathan!! Luckily our pediatrician loves us (she's got to, we give her so much business!!) & gives me prescriptions anytime I need them too. Friday Tommy was pushing the trike outback, running and looking behind him, and lost his balance and fell face first on the concrete!  Luckily he didn't need stitches/glue.  We were told we could steri-strip it, but with it being that close to the hairline it would pull his hair or we'd need to buzz him.... I opted to just leave it.  He likes to have "long hair" & his hair covers the injury, so it's good! 

St. George Tournament

We spent this last weekend in St George for the Superbowl Baseball Tournament.  David's team did pretty good considering this is their first tournament as a full team!  They didn't have enough kids for a full 10U team, so David had been playing on their 12U team before.

This is a video of David's ground rule double (that means he was only allowed to get to second base, he hit the ball & it bounced right before going over the fence)  David played very well overall & even got hit in the arm by a pitch!  By the time he stole second base his arm felt alot better!!

(sorry you can't see where the ball went or David running the two bases...I forgot I was videoing & was watching him & the ball over the camera...oops!!)

Even the little boys had a lot of fun!  There was dirt to play in & hills to climb and explore! I love this picture of Tommy holding Nathan's hand helping him up the mountain (not even told/asked to help him either)!

 After the last games Saturday we went back to the hotel and enjoyed the indoor heated pool/spa.  Sunday we slept in and then we got to spend the day with our cousin Kennedy & aunt MaryAnn & Jake, had a super fun dinner together & headed home!