With a ruler for a sword, of course, because that’s what he picked to bring today. 🙂
And a shot of his new haircut, courtesy of daddy this afternoon.
Category Archives: Playing
Letting our little fish swim!
After the events of the past few days, we wanted to let the kids have some fun!
And a compilation of slides…
UNCLE GROB!!!!
They’ve been waiting desperately to see Uncle Rob!
Dollar store finds
We found a lot of Dollar Store toys while cleaning out the apartment, so brought some of them over for the kids (some are being saved for the future). Owen was excited about these wrist-pull copters, which he had to wait to play with for a few days because the weather was rainy.
Katie discovered a time-out seat.
It wasn’t actually used as a time-out seat, but that’s what she called it.
Defeated.Â
Owen fought a lengthy battle…but in the end he was defeated. 🙂
I was making my bed then this happened.
Owen’s dream came true!
Owen is in heaven with daddy’s old Bear bow (made in Grayling!). Tom found it in his mom’s stuff today.
I didn’t hear it, but Gramma said he shouted “MY DREAM CAME TRUE!” when he saw it!
Last T-ball game of the fall season!
I love that his tongue is out the entire time. Click photo for larger image:
He was in the pitcher position for an inning and he did REALLY well getting the ball and throwing it to first base! Click photo for larger image:
And this is what Katie is busy doing during the game…sitting on the sidewalk by the parking lot, co-opting someone’s mitt and running around, and playing with someone’s dog. 🙂
Stay tuned for the team photos! The fall season didn’t have official photos but the coaches wife took some!
Katie as big sister
She loves our friends’ baby and likes playing with him. We were at the park and Cheyenne had to take Cayenne to the potty so we watched Hami…and Katie kept him occupied so he would t cry. 🙂
Katie’s first text!
So I look over and Katie had the Messages app open on their iPad and she was enjoying looking at and touching all the emojis.
I heard stuff like “Cupcake…heart…pumpkin…flower giggle giggle cat…dog…bunny!”
I couldn’t figure out how she managed to find and open that app since I’ve buried it inside a folder. Then I realized that Tom had texted me and I obviously have the settings configured badly so that my texts appear on their iPad as well…so when he texted me, it popped up on the screen while she was playing her game, she touched it, and it opened the app. Of course, it was all her own curiosity that figured out how to then open the keyboard and emoji screens. 🙂
Anyway, I just sat and watched her…and then watched as she managed to hit send. 🙂
Katie and the shovel
So we sold our deck box this past week so all of the stuff that had been in it was just sitting outside. Well…Katie saw the stuff out there and took it upon herself to go get it and play with it. This is where I found her when she wasn’t inside:
And then after I made her come inside (and let her bring he shovel because it wasn’t too dirty), I looked up to see this:
And then post-shoveling:
Katie’s swim lesson and play time
Gargoyle Owen
Owen: Mom, come here and see what I am!
Me: A GARGOYLE! I LOVE IT!
The victor!
She loves the dolphin!
Katie’s first at-bat…and T-ball practice!
We got to the field quite early, so we had plenty of time to use the field ourselves. We gave Katie her first try at batting and she did very well! She missed three right-handed attempts…and then got the first left-handed attempt! Maybe she’ll be like mama! (I also tried and hit 2 out of 3—left-handed of course!)
And then what I think all the kids think is the best part of every practice or game…snack time!
Dolphin Riding, Day 2
Back to the park again since it was so much fun yesterday!
And I love the look on her face. She loves the curvy slide but it’s obviously a bit crazy on the way down. 🙂
Ballerina at the bus stop
Dolphin Riding
Once she learned how to climb up on her own…
Katie’s new hat
Puddle stomping at the bus stop
Katie: Mom, can I stick my tongue out to catch rain?
Me: Sure.
Katie sticks her tongue out: I GOT TWO!
I have a growth.Â
The kids learned about static!
Best buds!
Our new turtle is official!
She finally got her new cap today!
Playing before class:
Since there’s no convenient Turtle class (i.e. adjacent to Owen’s Shark class), Katie is staying in her Minnow class and the instructor just teaches her swimming vs. floating. So today was attempting to get her face in the water, kicking, with arms above her head. She did pretty well. She had fun “swimming like a mermaid.” 🙂
Playing after class:
It was cute. Katie had been on the raft by herself with the instructor. Owen’s classmates all jumped in and were a bit aggressive getting up on the raft and Owen kept shouting “Be careful! That’s my sister!” 🙂
Submings Gavin Gun
That was supposed to be Siblings having fun but apparently autocorrect wasn’t working. I thought it was funny so I just left it. 🙂
The beginning stages of daddy roughhousing with the kids…
T-ball Tuesday
New socks and shoes! (I wasn’t planning on getting him shoes, but I found them on clearance at Marshall’s!)
This is what Katie does during the games.
This might be the kids’ favorite part: snack time! (I seriously wish we could do away with it—it’s not like these are serious athletes who played a rigorous game and need sustenance.)
She’s apparently ready for winter!
Owen’s first fall Nationals t-ball game!
The first official game was rained out last Saturday, so tonight’s game became the first actual game! It was held at a field in a neighboring city (if you wonder why it looks different). As usual, the first game has many more pictures than I’ll post for subsequent games! 🙂
Tom is the Assistant Coach this season! The fall season isn’t as big as the spring season, so no official shirts for the coaches (boooo!)—only hats. (The kids also just get plain colored tees with the name of the little league county on it instead of a team name and logo.)
Once more, he’s a head taller than everyone else on his team!
Of course she doesn’t ever really watch the game, and tonight she was exploring a new park—throwing stones in the river.
(No, he didn’t have to go potty. Apparently he’s a natural at the baseball moves.)
Me: Katie, don’t play in the dirt.
Katie: Mom–it’s sand!
How did she get to be such a smart[ass] little girl? 🙂
They’ve been trying to teach the catchers to tag out the runners (it still doesn’t count as an out since it’s t-ball) so Owen is doing his best…
And actually CHASING them down. 🙂
