“Mama, I’m hanging like a monkey!”
And then daddy surprised us and walked over when he was done with the lawn!
Owen helping weed eat!
Tom shortened the strings so it wouldn’t be as dangerous…and Owen still almost nipped Tom’s leg. 🙂 Needless to say he only helped for a few minutes.
Our unladylike princess.
Helping daddy make pancakes
Some character from his Happy Wars video game.
I so wanted to shut her in.
Game 3: Raptors vs. Bats
Owen in his new shoes. I didn’t buy them specifically for t-ball, but when we realized they had mini cleats on them (they’re actually men’s race shoes) we figured they’d be perfect. He loves them.
Getting ready to bat!
And as a bonus, I made two new mom friends (and they’re friends with a few people I already know)!
Katie on pointe!
She loves her tutus and wearing shoes of any kind…and getting up on her toes like a real ballerina!
Owen’s day off!
Today was a teacher work day so Owen didn’t have school. I also picked today as a day for no technology—no TV, no iPads, no iPhones—so I try to do at least one fun project. Today I picked cake. 🙂 Owen did pretty good cracking eggs and mixing and I just let Katie dump things into the bowl and mix (with help). 🙂
Taking a Lego break.
Doing chalk in the back yard (on the steps—and as you can see in the next picture, any cement surface) since it was very sunny and the front doesn’t have shade OR anywhere to sit.
I told Owen he looked very dapper in his shirt (I had sent him upstairs to get dressed in his own) and this was the look I got: Yeah, I know. 🙂
That look. All I did was ask her to smile for a picture. Stinker.
I then surprised Owen with a Brick Loot box so he had fun building the Lego-ish toys. This was a 3-in-1 toy and I was surprised he actually built all three!
Today’s sibling love
Owen’s new hat
I love this boy.
A snag with the dealership.
So it’s been 20 days and my car STILL has not been paid off AND we haven’t gotten any information on how to pay for the new car. Tom has been calling on and off the whole time but was never able to talk to anyone (he was out or with a customer, etc.). Today, FINALLY, on about the fifth attempt, he got some answers.
Yeah.
They are missing two forms we need to sign and it wasn’t caught until the audit…which happened TODAY. So hence, we technically have not even bought our car from them yet so they haven’t been able to pay off our car.
WHAT THE CRAP? How incompetent are these people? We were thrilled with them until this. Needless to say Tom is LIVID.
So obviously nothing has been started with our registration or plates or anything, so I’m guessing we’ll need a new temporary plate since the current one expires in two weeks. We were supposed to start paying for this car in May, but who knows if that will happen now.
JUST UGH.
Playing dead
Owen had early release today so after setting up for the book fair, I took the kids to the playground. Owen was running around playing by himself and I watched him do this.
I asked later what he was doing and he said playing dead. He was playing war. 🙂
A well-behaved Katie
Katie was well-behaved while I help set up for next week’s book fair.
Katie and the acorns
We were wasting time waiting until we could start helping set up for the book fair…and Katie was having a blast collecting acorns.
Like mama, like Katie
I was holding my phone up to take our picture, so she was holding up her phone, too. 🙂
Katie’s reward for going on errands
We were dropping off homemade soup to friends so stopped at the playground in their complex. She was a happy girl!
Typical night with Katie
PJs, pirate hat, tutu, and superhero cape.
Game 2: Raptors vs. Timber Rattlers
The weather just isn’t cooperating with us this season. Owen’s had two or three practices canceled due to rain/wet fields/cold thus far, and tonight’s game was rained out as well. 🙁 They’re hoping to make it up, so we’ll just have to wait and see.
I feel bad for Owen—he should have had like five practices and two games by this point, and he’s had one practice and one game.
More puddle fun!
No puddles on the uphill road but he gave a jump anyway.
Snails at feeding time
Tom wasn’t specifically feeding the snails but they were going crazy with the food he was feeding the corals. They’re fun to watch!
Cuddly girls
And Katie being like Owen with the crazy face.
Gifts from a little boy.
He usually brings me some new creation every morning. 🙂
I never get tired of this.
Kidisms 8
Tom: Katie, you look like a buttercup.
Katie: No, I’m adorable.
Owen: Mom, the green sign is wrong. It needs an and. Play fair, take turns, and share.
Me: Owen, look what we found!
Owen: A ninja turtle!
Katie: No, I’m a Katie bug! A ninja turtle Katie bug!
Me: I love it when the house is all picked up.
Owen: Me, too! I wish it could stay like this every day.
Me: Okay, it’s time to pick up toys.
Owen: WHY?!?!
We were shopping at Costco and Katie saw Oreos.
Katie: OREOS!
Me: Do we need those?
Katie: No, Papa does!
We were at the pet store looking at fish.
Owen: These are cool.
Me: We can’t get those. They’re not saltwater.
Owen: No, they’re clean water!
Me: I love it when the house is all picked up.
Owen: Me, too! I wish it could stay like this every day.
Me: Okay, it’s time to pick up toys.
Owen: WHY?!?!
Katie: Where’s daddy?
Me: He went to get a haircut.
Katie: Why? He doesn’t have hair.
Saturday Night Spaghetti #2
Our second dinner went just as well as the first—even with a last-minute guest switch up! One family couldn’t come because of a sick kid, so we invited Owen’s coach and his family and they were excited to come! (They’ve recently moved here as well and understand how hard it is to make friends!)
Katie had a friend she knew and Owen made a new friend (only four years old but they got along great).
Here, Tom was rescuing Lambie from the kids’ table so she didn’t get dunked in spaghetti sauce. 🙂
Game 1: Raptors vs. Storm
I apologize ahead of time for the volume of photos…but this was his first real game so I wanted to show it all. I promise there won’t be nearly as many from upcoming games. 🙂
Practicing with daddy beforehand.
Typical Owen. He had grass-stained knees before the game even started!
Tongue out!
Not a kid from Owen’s team, but so cute I had to take a picture. 🙂
He had SO much fun and was SO excited about everything—it was awesome to see. And Tom had a great time, too, as he’s envisioned this for SO many years. 🙂
Crazy Boy
T-Ball Opening Ceremonies
Tom helped Owen get dressed for the opening ceremonies! I’m not sure who was more excited.
Owen was hamming it up in the mirror. Please excuse the disaster of a room. (We’ve been getting the downstairs ready for a dinner party so lots of stuff is being dumped in our room!)
Doing a little fielding practice with his coach.
We have to bring a ball for Katie to play with—she loves to play catch and she’s actually pretty good!
Running the bases just for the fun of it.
He had his tongue out in lots of the pictures!
The T-ball teams were the last to walk in.
All the teams lined up (all teams from all age groups):
And then it was back home to clean for our dinner party…and to get ready to go back to the fields for Owen’s game at 1:30!