Last Day of Summer School

I don't know how it is possible, but I swear they look older!

I can't wait for the rest of fun that summer vacation holds!

My Littelest Sunshine

Jack loves when we sing together at bedtime.  One of his very favorite songs is You Are My Sunshine.  He especially loves when I pause and let him fill in the endings of the lines.  It doesn't get any better than this.

Just Because

He is adorable, and spunky, and I love him.

Max the Baseball Player

What a season!  I can't believe how much growth we have seen in Max's skills this year!

I don't make it to too many of his games - they always seemed to be at the same time as Will's games.  I took him to his last game of the season last night, and it was so fun!

 At the game last night he had four solid hits!  He was so excited every time he would get on base.  I'm not as good as Dad at keeping stats, but those four hits added up to at least five RBI's.

Fielding has always been a bit tougher for Max.  Finally one day while playing catch in the backyard Brian figured out that Max's glove was too small.  So Max took over Dad's adult glove and his fielding improved greatly.  He made two amazing outs in the game.  While playing second he caught a grounder hit to him.  He picked it up and tagged the runner for an out.  It was seriously the cutest play ever.  He held the baseball up in the air and yelled 'I did it!"  The ridiculously huge smile didn't leave his face the rest of the game.  Another out was made when he was playing third so he decided it was pretty much the very best baseball game ever.

It's great to see Max really give it his all - especially when it ins't easy for him.  We are so proud of his growth this season and we are looking forward to another season of soccer in the fall!

Training League Baseball

 Just look at this little future all star!  William has had a great time playing baseball in the training league at our church.  The weather hasn't cooperated much this spring, so many of the games have been cancled, but tonight was beautiful!

 Before the season started Will hadn't the slightest clue what baseball was all about.  The coaches were great and little by little he improved.  Will knows to throw the ball to 1st base when he is fielding, and he stands in a stance that at least resembles a batters stance at home plate.  He even had two solid hits tonight without the t!

Once he gets on base its a bit tough for him to stay focused.  He just wants to keep taking his helmet on and off.  It's a bit big and he just can't resist playing with it.  He looked so cute running the bases tonight and he even worked extra hard to go super fast :)

Every Tuesday night when William has baseball, Max also has baseball.  So that means Jack gets to go with us while Dad takes Max.  Jack must be paying attention a bit - tonight he wanted to have his own ball and he practiced throwing it against the fence over and over again.  Only two more years before he can play too!  So much fun!

Kindergarten Jumpstart

I love our school district.  There are so many amazing programs that they offer and today our sweet little William is taking advantage of kindergarten jumpstart.  It is designed to give the kids a taste of what they can expect in the fall.  I think it really helped Max to adjust, so we are glad Will  has the opportunity too.  He was over the moon excited about it all weekend and couldn't wait to head to the shuttle bus this morning.

 Will isn't the only one that gets to have some fun!  The entire program is built to enrich student learning so its perfect for Max as well.  He got to pick from some pretty great class options and settled on a science class and a brain gym class.  The second session is taught by his MOSAICS teacher, Mrs. Klohman.  He is thrilled that he gets to work with her every day for the next three weeks.

It was so sweet watching the boys hold hands as they boarded the shuttle this morning.  I'm glad that William has his big brother to look out for him.  I can't wait to pick the boys up in just a little bit and hear about all the fun that they had.

I can't believe that before I know it William will be a full fledged kindergartner.  Its wonderful, and heartbreaking at the same time.  I know he will do great and it's such a pleasure to watch him grow and learn.  On the other hand he is just growing up so darn fast!  They all are.

Sunday Funday

Bright and early this mornig we were at the gates of Grant's Farm.  It was an absolutely gorgeous morning and we wanted to make sure we were able to beat the crowds.

The tram ride is always so much fun.  Today felt a little bit different.  For one thing we didn't bring a stroller.  I think this marked our first official outing without a stroller or baby wearing device ever.  It felt very strange.   The second thing I noticed was that Max actually paid attention to what the tour guide was saying on the drive.  When we passed the fancy gates he was all excited to tell me that the antlers on the statues were real.   As the tram entered the park all of the animals were there to greet us - including these giant cows!  Their horns were huge!

 Our first stop was to feed the goats.  All five of us entered and there were no tears from anyone!  My boys had a great time feeding these sweet little creatures.

 Will was a pro this year and didn't want any help at all.  Even Jack got in on the action - and he took his role very seriously!

At one point he was feeding a goat all by himself and another goat came up behind him and started licking his neck. Jack thought was the funniest thing ever.

There was a new option this year - you could feed ice cream cones full of food to these adult goats.  The kids - and Brian - got a huge kick out of it.  The squeals of laughter when the goat took the cone were just adorable.

While we were there we attended the animal encounters show.  At one point in the show there was a Macaw that could add. He had a little tray of numbers up on stage and would knock down the answer to a question from the audience.  Max was thrilled to be selected to come up with a math problem for this amazing bird.  He even mentioned it again tonight :)

Hopefully we have more days with this type of weather so we can have lots more fun family adventures!