Tommy's First Game

Tommy had his first baseball game today. He has been so excited for this. He keeps asking me every day. Is my game today? Is my game today? He has been loving practice. I asked him what his favorite part was. He said baserunning of course. He plays his own baseball games in his head in the back yard. Mariners vs Yankees or whoever he decides that day. He throws up the ball and hits it and then runs his bases. And he always loves to slide. So at practice during baserunning he lapped a runner because he really just wanted to run the them all. And then another time they had the ball in the infield, but rather than stopping at first he just kept running and got a home run. I told him before his game today that he can't just try to get a home run every time like he does in the backyard. If the coach tells you to stop you have to stop. But I was pretty sure he was going to try and make it a home run no matter what. Sure enough he got a pretty good hit. Got a double and tried to stretch it out. Well, he almost ran over the next runner and had to run back to two and did a total belly flop. And he loved every minute of it. He also did a little catching. He hasn't practiced it much so it was pretty hilarious to watch. He is super excited for more baseball.

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Jake's First Game

Jake had his first baseball game. He is in coach pitch this year. He did get on base once. I missed it because my camera battery died. But it was a swinging bunt type hit. I think he was the only player on either team to take a pitch. He had a fun time on the ballfield.

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Tommy's Pictures

Tommy's camera filled up and he asked me to download the pictures. Here are the ones I kept from the last 6 months of him taking pictures. Goofy boys.

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Bug Cage Match

Oh the things they do in their free time. The boys started collecting bugs to see who would win in a cage match.

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Bob at the Eagles

On our way home from the Mariners we stopped at the Eagles. Bob was playing with some other island musicians. So we listened for a little while. It was nice to hear him play. It has been so long.

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Back at the Ballpark

We missed Opening Day this year. We wanted to wait to get the vaccine. Eric and I have both had our first shot. So we made it out to the ballpark. And it was a beautiful day. We for sure needed some ice cream to cool off. The seating was in pods for social distancing. This worked well. They even zip tied the seats you are not supposed to use. It was nice to get out of the house.

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Kayaking

It was a beautiful day. So after Eric got home from work we made a quick trip to Dockton Park to do some kayaking.

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Do Do Bird

This is 3 years in a row this Junco has come and tapped on our windows. Not just one window. Multiple windows. Even my car windows. We have given the nickname Do Do Bird.

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Spring Break

Hmmm.....spring break and the boys are bored???

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Learning to Play Chess

Eric brought home a chess set for the boys. This morning he was teaching them how to play.

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Easter

We had a pretty good Easter. We got an amazing brunch at Camp Burton and did their drive through Easter Eggs hunt. And then we went to my parents house so they could watch the boys hunt for eggs. It was a quiet Easter, but the weather was thankfully nice and we spent a lot of the day sitting out side and relaxing.

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Surprise!

I got a big unexpected surprise today. They had expiring doses today that they needed to give out first come first serve today. I pulled the kids out of class and ran up there and managed to get my COVID shot today. I feel so lucky to have heard about it at the right time.

Spring Training

Jake had a very quick practice (tryout) today so the coaches could pick teams. It was only about 10 minutes long. Jake did not get a hit and was a little sad about it. So when we got home Tommy was throwing Jake some pitches. And he did get a couple hits after doing some practice. They were pretty excited about baseball today. And then we also watched Opening Day of the Mariners on TV. Kind of sad it is my first Opening day I missed in almost 20 years. But we are waiting a bit until we get vaccinated.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9aaoFzEppxcT7CB6A

April Fools

Occasionally they are peaceful and quiet...April Fools. They were reading together in the chair nicely before classes started today. But then Jake had sound experiment in class today using balloons and shaking metal balls in cans. Oh boy was that fun to listen to for a full half hour :)

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