Category Archives: Videos
Katie likes pizza crust
Birthday Gymnastics
Friends had their kids birthday party at the local gymnastics place and Owen and Katie had a blast!
I love that you can see her pigtails in her shadow!
Red cupcake frosting!
Owen really liked it and didn’t want to leave…so I guess I’ll be looking into gymnastics or at least free gym time.
Look! A super cute ninja!
Yeah, I’ve gone a bit overboard this year as this is costume #3 (the others were Robo Knight and Superman) plus he has Thor leftover from last year that he didn’t wear (and still fits). But I couldn’t resist a ninja—and he plays in them as well.
If he chooses this one (and I guess even if he doesn’t) it will need some altering—the red leg ties don’t stay in place so will need to be ironed on permanently.
Baseball Day 4
I didn’t take many pictures today because it was really hot and humid (the warmest day we had yet, if you can believe it). I did, however, take videos of Owen at bat and running some of the bases.
Katie amused herself by gathering used drinking cups. 🙂
We went straight home after eating (skipping the playground) because it was so stifling—and because Katie was TIRED (remember, her nap has been moved back to 11).
Post-school wrap-up
He asked for the police car!
He actually asked yesterday…but it was dead. So I charged it overnight and it was ready to go when he got home from school today. It was Katie’s first experience. She liked it okay at first…but then Owen jerked it a little and she wanted OUT.
Rocking Owen’s shades:
Left to her own devices…
Playset Daredevil
I just know she’s going to be the one headed to the ER while Tom is gone…she’s a bit more of a daredevil than Owen was.
And after baths…
Practicing stepping down!
Yes, I was having just a tiny bit of heart failure, sure she was going to fall down and smash her head on the marble…but she didn’t. And she was SOOOO cute. She was doing this for a good 2-3 minutes before I started recording!
Baseball, Day 3
Warming up (playing) before the game starts.
A drink break after a hard session of catch in the outfield.
Waiting for his turn to bat.
Ready to bat!
READY!
THE PITCH!
SMACK! He really cracked it! (And, once again, because I was taking pictures, he really hit it well. When I was taking a video on his next at-bat, he barely tapped it. From now on I’ll just video it.)
And he dropped the bat and ran in the right direction!
At first base!
Coming into second…
…with QUITE the spring in his step!
Heading for home!
Today’s lunch was pizza! Both kids LOVED it!
Katie & the Water Table, Day 2
She does whatever he does…
She’s fast!
Cart fun at Walmart
We do this with Owen and Katie so today Owen wanted to do it to Katie. She loved it.
Who do you think grabbed the worm?
Of course, my baby girl is the one who grabbed the worm from me. Owen wanted NO part of it.
Second day of baseball
Here you can see how many people are on the field at one time! (If you click on this panoramic pic, it will pop up a bigger version.)
His first at-bat. Of course, since I was taking pictures, he actually hit the ball on his own! (The next time when I was taking a video (below), he ended up having to use the T—and someone obviously didn’t notice that I was recording and kept talking to me!)
This time, I let Katie out of the stroller when Owen was in the outfield. She stayed pretty close…
Except she kept wandering into the dugout (it wasn’t even Owen’s dugout—it was just the one we were closest to)!
Mid-game post-potty water break:
Here, you can see the announcer with Owen and his volunteer running in the background.
Heading for home!
A different church was helping out today so they didn’t have the full lunch truck, but they did have hot dogs and chips! Then it was off to the playground for a quick visit!
Happy birthday Grannie!
Owen loves Charlie loves Owen
Katie disagrees with me
This was her response after I took away an empty granola bar wrapper:
Also known as “didn’t take a long enough nap.”
Katie’s first walk down the street!
Since it was a gorgeous fall morning (65° and no humidity!) I decided to take Katie for her first walk down the street…
It took a bit just to get her out of the driveway—she walked around the car about three times. 🙂
I love that you can see her pigtail in her shadow!
Stopping to take a break in a neighbor’s driveway:
She kept bringing me pinecones!
Playing in the dirt!
Having a ball outside
Katie was having a ball outside.
Game day!
Well, this morning was the first Special Needs Baseball game day! We drove around a bit until we found it (I’d never been to that complex before), picked up Owen’s shirt, and then it was a waiting game before all the registration stuff ended and volunteers got everything ready. And speaking of volunteers, there were a TON of them—a church group and a biker group along with friends and family—enough for a few on each base, ones to run with each batter, ones to have fun in the outfield, and many to just stand and cheer! (They told me later that there usually aren’t that many until later in the season.)
I had only brought my telephoto lens so I had to make Owen stand about 10 feet away to get a shot. Yes, he’s wearing it over his regular shirt—that was his choice. And I could kick myself for not taking more to have one with better lighting. Oh well. And yes, he had to go potty at that moment—that’s where we headed next. 🙂
Katie wasn’t really enjoying being strapped into the stroller, but since I wanted to take pics, I didn’t really have any other options. (In the future I likely won’t be taking as many pics so I can let her wander.) But she wasn’t really that bad (it could have been much worse) and she enjoyed everyone stopping to talk to her or wave at her. And I tried to keep her placated with milk, snacks, and toys.
He found a ball right away!
Lining up to be divided into teams. He was on the Crushers and they were in the outfield first. They even had a parent sing the national anthem!
Owen’s buddy in the outfield.
There was a lot of this in the outfield.
Bowling?
I think he was going for the fumble recovery. 🙂
Waiting for his turn at bat.
Picking a bat!
On second base!
Third base!
Running for home!
Back in the outfield.
I’m not sure why, but there was spinning.
Back up to bat!
He started running the wrong way, so the volunteers helped direct him! This is one of my favorite pics—even though it’s definitely not the best pic—because it shows how awesome and supportive the volunteers are!
Running to second base!
Coming in to a high-five!
Game over! High-fiving everyone!
You can’t really get a good feeling for how crazy it was. There were so many people around, the game being announced play-by-play on loudspeakers, lots of not-playing going on, no scoring, kids running to whatever bases they want, two or more kids running at the same time, some older kids actually hitting the ball and adults in the outfield taking care of those balls, some kids refusing to bat/run, etc. But it was fun and Owen had a good time…so yes, there will be more weeks of this.
Then they announced that lunch would be served at the pavilion, and Owen was hungry…so we went. Thankfully there was just a prayer before eating—which is just fine with me. They had hot dogs and popcorn—and if you can believe it, Owen ate an entire hot dog, bun and all! For the first time ever! WOOHOO! Then he wanted to play on the playground which was very close…so we went. And I finally got to let Katie out of the stroller and she had A BALL!
As we were leaving, Owen said “That was awesome”…and I’m guessing he meant the baseball, though I guess he could have also been referring to the playground as well. But it was a good day that gave me 428 photos to edit down to 58. 🙂 Next time I won’t take nearly as many!
Introducing Boppy the Bear
Owen has been through two dollar store punching bags, so this time I went premium with the Eco-Bonk Grizzly Bear. Since it cost 10x as much, I expect it to last 10x as long…and seeing as how the other ones lasted about a month, I think we’ll be good. 🙂
Technically the bear’s name is Jackson (he’s wearing a name tag) but Owen has named him Boppy, like the similar inflatable punching bag on Doc McStuffins.
And introducing him to Katie…
Happy birthday, Papa!
Katie’s new sounds
She’s started doing this throaty guffaw lately and it just cracks me up.
Owen “coloring” for daddy…
Which is really more like playing with the crayons and talking to them and…doing everything you see here. He did eventually get something done we can send, but it was almost like pulling teeth. It kills me that he really has zero interest in drawing—he can’t be my kid!
In the curtains
Katie enjoying a book
She was making those sounds for a good five minutes before I started recording. 🙂
Stories about French fries
School, Day 2
They were still lining up from outside play when I got there, and they call in individual kids if their parents arrive (some kids are all-day-ers) so Owen got called in. Then they have to wash their hands.
Waiting his turn:
His turn (I told him he doesn’t really need the stool but he wanted to use it):
Post-school report:
(When he’s talking about the sandcastle, he’s talking about a Bubble Guppies episode.)
By the time we got home he forgot all about it.
Happy birthday dear daddy!
Owen’s bedtime storytelling
Owen was telling me stories as he was getting ready for bed, so I turned on the camera. First he’s talking about a Sophia the First episode in which Baileywick (the castle’s butler) gets a red rash and “pumpkin head” from touching Mettlesome Myrtle (though it’s not really a pumpkin head…just very red puffy cheeks):
Then he talks about reading, a new book, two new ideas (the Doc-mobile Tour, from Doc McStuffins), and then Sesame Street talking about Elmo and the word of the day. Phew!
The ending kills me.