Another "We're THERE already?" moment

John has moved out of the whiny phase somewhat and into the pouty phase. He was mad at me for some reason last weekend and he said "I want to go live with another family." I would have laughed if I hadn't been so shocked. I wasn't expecting to hear that until he was at least 10 or so. It always amazes me how they come up with this stuff on their own!

Introducing Henry and June

I'm adding a new blog to my most-watched list. You will like it because Becky posts a lot of pictures, very frequently. Her oldest is Henry, who is 6 months older than John and goes to the same school. June just turned 2, and number three is due in August. Brandon teaches in the political science department. Christopher and John are guests on their blog this week.

Here's a super picture lifted from Becky's blog:


And here is the post from whence it came!

Swimmingly

John has been enjoying going to the pool at the rec center lately, and of course since we've been an alternating parent family for the past couple of weeks, that means Christopher goes too! He likes it a lot and we have found a float he seems comfortable and happy in (and doesn't cause him to flip forward).

Boys of summer

Once again, we're at a milestone before I even thought possible! John started Start Smart baseball last weekend. It went really, really well. The weather was gorgeous, Coach Jamie is awesome, and there were no meltdowns, by John or any of the kids. And I loved seeing all the proud dads out there with their sons. It was Americana, baby.


They started out in small groups working on hitting off the tee and then shagging the balls.




Then they moved into two lines and threw the ball back and forth. John got to throw with his friend/neighbor Henry and his dad Mr. Brandon.





Henry's sister June sat on the bench and ate a snack.


Christopher mostly slept in the car.


Then, everyone lined up along the fence for simulated game practice: hitting then running the bases.





June tried a little batting practice of her own.


And here it is, for posterity, John's first home run...


Afterwards, Henry, June, and John headed over to the adjacent playground for some unstructured play.


It was really wonderful.

April Showers

We're all fine, the schedule is just raining down on us these days.
Tony is in tech at the University and in meetings for 2-3 other shows in Greenville, and of course class, and taking care of all of us.
John is back in school after Spring Break. He is still in gymnastics, and starts Start Smart baseball this Saturday.
Christopher has started solid foods, sort of. Just some applesauce, mashed up banana, and a tiny bit of oat cereal. Mostly just to keep us company at the dinner table. He is also starting to roll onto his side.
I'm fine, just trying to motivate myself to motivate everyone else! I have a consignment sale this weekend, I've been trying out a new gym that has childcare, and am trying to whittle down the list of household administrative tasks.
We're glad the weather has warmed up, but it seems to have skipped spring and gone straight to summer. Except for the annual yellow clouds of pollen, which are amazingly thick this year.
Sorry this is kind of a bland, Christmas-letter-style post, but I figured something was better than nothing!

Christopher weighs more than John!

Not really. April Fool.

But you thought it might be true, didn't you?