Month: June 2014

For having basically zero knowledge of baseball before practices started, Alex has done really well and loved every minute.

I got some new camera equipment for my birthday and today is the first day I have taken time to try it out – right before baby arrives! Check out that close-up detail. (Everyone was napping and I needed a subject that wouldn’t move a lot. That meant Madison got to be my test subject.)

The necessary items for a morning of projects in the shop with Dad.

(See one finished project here.)

Something I never thought I’d see – My mom trying to shoot mutant spiders on a video game with my son. The things we do for love.

Alex decided to make an airplane out of some large cardboard we had around the house. Then of course it needed to be painted. If Alex was painting then Teague needed to paint. To make Mom happy that moved the entire operation outside.

We had family pictures taken in early April (before Teague’s surgery and when I was 6 months pregnant) and they just arrived today.

Alex played soccer in Milwaukee at ages 3 and 4. The lesson was an hour long and they did drills, played silly games, etc. Teague is taking soccer at age 3 and also for an hour. The difference is after a handful of “practices” they are playing real games. It’s cute to watch and the older kids (they range from 3-5) are actually getting the concept. Teague loves to run the field but he doesn’t really understand the rest. He tries to hold the coach’s hand, pick flowers, and just run. They put him as goalie and he does understand that he stands in that one spot but doesn’t actively try to stop the ball. It’s hilarious. My favorite is when he decided to tell two kids on the other team (red) that they couldn’t be goalie (they were standing to close to his net). This child is scare of nothing!

Alex really wanted to try baseball this year so we signed him up for Bitty Baseball. I don’t know if it’s because he is five or because he really loves baseball, but he did great. He barely wanted to stop for water breaks. The one sport Wade and I were really hoping to avoid seems to be a winner – at least for this summer.

Wade took a picture of the boys and I. Love it!

In our last two houses, Wade and I have both wanted to move the garbage disposal to a different location. In our last house it was from the small middle section to the deep left side. In this house it was from the shallower right to the deeper left. Is it weird that I want the disposal on the deeper side? That is where I find myself scrubbing/soaking/etc. That of course means that then there are more food particles on that side. Regardless my awesome husband moved it for me today and it only took two trips to the local hardware store.

Alex really wanted to write end-of-summer letters to his teacher and librarian (whose name he couldn’t remember). Wade wrote as Alex dictated and then Alex signed them himself. In the end Alex actually forgot to deliver them, but the thought was sweet.

Tonight was our last round of bitty soccer. I think Teague enjoyed playing and some of his skills improved. He still has no clue how an actual game is played and would much rather just run around and chase the kids, but he is only three.

Teague was so good about having to wear an eye patch for so long. Now it has become a battle. We decided to change it up a little today and let Alex put it on.

We have a guest room above our garage, which means it is completely separate from the house. The only way into it is through the garage. It’s a little strange but it does make it easy to keep off limits to the kids and give visitors a little extra space. It is also one of the few rooms that is completely done (or close enough). That means we are ready for visitors!!

Alex came home with this from Sunday School yesterday and couldn’t wait to add it to Wade’s card. Wade and I both got a kick out of it.

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads! My boys (all three) really wanted a ladder in their picture and so you have it.

As part of the “decorating” for Father’s Day, Alex even made Wade a crown.

Alex has quickly learned I have no artistic skills. He asks Wade to draw an outline (this time a dragon on two feet) and then he does all the coloring and features.

I was working on pictures for a photo wall and realized I never posted these pictures taken by Christine Plamann right before Easter (and Teague’s eyelid surgery). We had a 15 minute session and I love the pictures she got!!