Owen’s first time in the same bucket at five months old (7-16-2009):
Category Archives: Playing
Fun with the chiropractor’s toys
Owen had a so much fun with the toys at the chiropractor today that he didn’t want to leave. This is what he had set up—matching (colors) bad guys for each plane lying in wait of the tiger.
Playing ball with Owen
Gramma wanted to see just how good Owen really was at hitting the ball. She was impressed!
Owen could even hit the balls like this!
Baseball Day 8: The End of the Season
After raining all night, the field was pretty much underwater so the game was held indoors at the rec center gymnasium.
They wanted the kids to sign eight baseballs as gifts… Owen did one and was done. 🙂
We had a special guest in attendance today —Reggie Sanders of the World Series Champions Arizona Diamondbacks (2001). (Of course not being a sports person, I had absolutely zero idea who he was, but everyone seemed excited and I know it was a big deal.) He started the Reggie Sanders Foundation in 1992; his younger brother was diagnosed with autism.
He would help some of the really little kids bat and handed Owen his bat.
Getting his gold medal, autograph, and signed baseball:
Then enjoying pizza and cake!
There was also press there from the local paper. I know they took a picture of Katie and they asked for her name (and our information) so who knows if her picture will be included or not.
I was amazed at how fast the eight weeks went by. At the start, I wasn’t even sure I wanted to do it and eight weeks seemed like FOREVER…but before we knew it it was over. The best part, of course, is how much Owen enjoyed it!!
Katie Belly
Testing out his new shoes
Tickle Kids
It went on for a good three minutes before I started recording.
I promised someone a pink bath…
And he LOVES it!
I promised someone a pink bath…
And he LOVES it!
What’s that beeping?
I came home from taking Owen to school this morning to hear some strange noise in the house. Hmmm, beeping. And unfamiliar beeping at that—it wasn’t a toy or the house alarm (which beeps after we lose power). I cautiously walked through the house listening carefully. The sliding door was open—was it coming from outside? No. It was coming from the living room. What is in there that could be beeping?!? Especially something that didn’t sound familiar. Then it hit me. The digital clock we have down here…it’s an alarm clock…that I picked up off the floor yesterday…because Katie had pulled it off…and she must have obviously played with it…and managed to turn the alarm on! Amazing, because even looking at the silly thing it took me a good minute to figure out how to turn it off (I mean, I hit snooze to silence it but had to turn it OFF). I am just thankful she didn’t accidentally set it for the middle of the night!
Out of the dirt…momentarily.
Katie’s new game
She just started doing this today while we were Skyping with Tom—she probably did it four times in a row. After we hung up I managed to catch her doing it again so I could record her.
Peekaboo with daddy
Katie and the singing fishy card
This card has been around since Owen’s third birthday…he loved it, and now she does, too! You can hear her kind of singing along. 🙂
She loves her peekaboo bear.
She’ll grab it and haul it up into my lap…chewing on the blanket.
Bath time Baby
I don’t have many of Katie in the tub since her baths don’t last long…so I snapped some tonight.
Dirty Girl, Day 2
Just left to her own devices, she ended up in the mulch. Of course. 🙂
Lego Minifig Consolidation Day
The day I pick to try and consolidate all of Owen’s Lego minifigs is the day I swear I will never buy him another one. He starts off thinking it’s going to be fun…then fizzles out about 20 minutes in and just wants to play.
This happens every few months. 😐
The top layer are fully-assembled figs; the bench holds figs that are missing something (could be just a knife or could be arms, legs, hair, hat, and a base). I am always flabbergasted at how many pieces are missing…and the number continues to grow.
Baseball Day 7
FYI: Day 6 (last week) was cancelled due to rain.
It was quite a difference weather-wise this morning. A few weeks ago it was 85° and humid by 9am…this week we’ve had a cold snap so there was frost and it was maybe 42° by the time we hit the field.
In the outfield playing third base. Well, playing catch AT third base. 🙂
I didn’t edit anything out of the videos so you can see all that goes on. The boy in the red coat with Owen? Just running along for the heck of it (one inning they had to remove him from the field no less than eight times). And I have no idea why he pulled him down.
Running free while brother is in the outfield.
While Owen was in the outfield, he actually took it upon himself to retrieve most of the balls and threw them back to the pitcher. He was much more involved today! Of course, there’s only one week left!
Mischief about to happen.
I left her alone earlier and she emptied the container in about seven seconds. I kept my eye on her this time. 🙂
Cool and sunny…perfect for playing outside!
She was pulling the wagon by herself…until Owen decided he wanted a ride. But she still tried to pull him!
Monkey see, monkey do…
Dirty Girl
Yes, Gramma Jean, I let her play in the dirt. 🙂
I want to play football, too!
Helping Grannie make apple pies!
I requested Lin’s apple pies for the freezer, so that was today’s project…and Owen was “helping.” Lin said he was very patient the whole time. 🙂
Owen was playing with Stuffy (the blue dinosaur from Doc McStuffins) and was attaching him to the apple peeler using a rubberband as a safety harness.
Owen practicing hitting
As soon as we got home from the dentist, Owen wanted to practice some more!
Holy crap! Owen is pretty good at hitting!
Papa wanted to surprise Owen with his own baseball bat so he got it the other day and planned to give it to him after school before his dentist appointment when we’d be at the playground.
Then after a few quick attempts and after getting his grip and stance corrected, he was hitting most of my pitches! We were stunned. They weren’t perfect, of course, but I’d guess he was at least making some sort of contact on 80% of them…and probably good contact on 50% of those! He even smacked me with a ball a few times and had me ducking more than once as a ball whizzed by me.
While we were playing, Tom happened to Skype in, so he could watch Owen! It was awesome! Tom loved it!
Katie being Katie
Watching herself, then making faces with (offscreen) Papa.
I was trying to sort some of Owen’s old clothes and of course she had to have her fingers in everything…so I put some PJ bottoms on her head. She didn’t mind.
More football with Papa!
Papa got Owen a football tee so he could practice kicking. The grass was a little too soft so they had to start in the driveway.
Fumble recovery!
Practicing setting it up.
Papa’s turn!
Where’s Katie? Peek!
Katie was feeling better after dinner…so she was copying Papa’s hiding in his shirt.
Peeking!
Happy, laughing girl!
Watching herself:
Wagon Rides
We got the wagon out of the shed a while back and finally got it cleaned out. Katie was a hot mess after her nap (due to all her shots) but she liked being outside and I thought she might like a wagon ride.
Nope.
So Owen played with Papa instead.
Then Katie was happy again—and watching them intently—so we tried putting her in with Owen.
Nope.
