Good Game and Good Times

After a short break from baseball, we are back at it again! Fall ball started last week. Saturday I got a few pics of my handsome player in action.

We ran into friends at the park. AP still tries to carry Pretzel, although she's getting a bit too heavy :)

Then Saturday night we actually had a grown up date night! You've gotta love date nights, especially when they involve men over 6ft tall riding in booster seats :)

C Stew

C had a homework assignment tonight entitled "Me Stew". His task was to choose 5 items that described him. I offered no input and these are the things he chose.

First, he chose his little stuffed cougar that he sleeps with every night. Then he found a picture of our family. He said this was to show that "we love each other".

Next he found a baseball. Because he likes baseball.

Next he decided to include a mini skateboard. He has recently decided that he is a skateboarder.

And lastly, he chose to include some seashells from our trip to Orange Beach this summer. He says this is to show that he likes to collect shells.

He is very proud of his stew and excited to share it with his class mates tomorrow!

Mr T Turns One

This weekend we made another whirlwind trip to Ohio to celebrate my nephew's first birthday and to help my mom and sister move into their new house. I have no pictures of the moving part because I had a paintbrush in my hand most of the weekend. The painting was a lot more fun than it should have been because it invloved staying up past 3am every night laughing with family. I did manage to take pictures at little T's party in the park. T is adorable. We almost kidnapped him and brought him home with us :)

The men at the grill.

C came up and told me he was a "one eyed one horned flying purple people eater"

Cuteness. Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

Happy First Birthday T!

Re-Eval and Referral

On Wednesday AP had her re-evaluation for speech therapy. She had met all of her goals last March, but when we had our last conference we decided to retest her when school started back to make sure that she met all the 4 year old goals as well. And she did!!! Her therapist said that there are a few sounds that she still doesn't pronounce correctly, but they are very common errors (like "L" and "R") and that she is "right on track". It's probably from all the practice she gets because she never stops talking!

Thursday at C's dentist appointment we were given a referral to an orthodontist. I was shocked that we would need to see an orthodontist at this age! His dentist explained that in some cases certain teeth can be pulled so that there is enough room for the adult teeth. The hope is that doing a little preventive work up front would keep us from needing more orthodontic work down the road. Has anyone else taken their first grader to an orthodontist?

Juggling

Yesterday AP and her baby, Erin, wore matching dresses to church. I couldn't pass up the picture!
Her baby became an issue during her SS class, so we took her baby to the nursery and left her in a crib :)

Today after school AP went to her first tumbling class. She has been asking to do "nastics" since the first time we went to a My Gym playdate. But, she also begged us to play soccer and we know how that turned out!

I am pleased to report that she LOVED it. She didn't resist going in, she didn't ask me to go in with her, and she smiled the whole time! I was able to spy on her through the window.

She came home and showed us some of her "juggling". She keeps getting juggling and tumbling confused :)