Baseball Bling

You might remember last year that I made some goodies for our baseball team.

With a change in team names and colors this year (thank goodness - finally a color other than orange!) our helmet stickers needed a refresh at the very least (as they are often visible in pictures.)  And while I was at it... might as well.... 

And before I knew it I had a whole set of bag tags and helmet stickers for the team.  Truthfully once you have gone to all the trouble to design and make one for your child it is trivial matter to make them for everyone else.

Especially when you more or less take last year's template, change the colors, and the logos and done.

After all, it's still a whole piece of cardstock, and a whole label sheet whether you print 1, or 12.

All this to say, our team is now appropriately decked out in green and boy do they look stylish.  :)

Best Worst Photos Ever

You will have to forgive me, but my camera and I aren't really on speaking terms at the moment. 

I am fuming; it is sulking.  Neither one of us are happy.

After an epic fail at baseball I was hoping we'd have better luck with soccer.

Especially as Ryan put up 4 scores and DOMINATED the game.

If there was a game ball for soccer, no doubt about it, this kid would have gotten it.

He was absolutely ON FIRE!

He's always been aggressive at soccer.  But this season his aggressiveness, his uncanny ball sense, his flat out speed, and his determination to win have made him down right unstoppable.

It's either that, or those rockin' awesome yellow cleats, and neon socks that are now his indispuitable trademark.  :)

Either way, we are super proud of him.  :)

The Game Ball

Don't let his casual demeanor fool you.

While he spends most of his time with a broad smile on his face cracking jokes, mouthing off, and otherwise doing everything other than what he's supposed to be doing much to my constant chagrin... He's one FIERCE competitor.

And this past weekend he earned the game ball for it.

He made an awesome stop running from the midpoint between 2nd and 3rd base running past what I can only assume was the actual short stop to snag a ball headed for 2nd base.  He came up with it, and made the throw down to first.  While the kid was actually safe it was one impressive play and some serious hustle to pull it off.  Way to go, Ry!

Field Day in Photos

Field Day in Photos: 

Kevin took some pictures, too.

Our First Field Day

The boys had their first field day yesterday.

In a word it was: Grueling. Long.  Exhausting. AWESOME.  Okay, so I guess that's technically 4 words.

I was burnt to a crisp by the end.  From the sun (don't worry... I made sure the kids got sunscreen!), and holding and lugging my heavy camera all day, and just the non-stop action.  I was just plain worn out.  And all I did was follow them around all day. And I do mean ALL DAY.  From about 8:45am to sometime after 2pm.  We had a short lunch break and a couple of little rest stop stations in between, but don't let that fool you.  The kids worked hard ALL DAY LONG.  It's amazing they could even stand when it was all said and done.  

And at the end all I could say was still "It was AWESOME!"

I have about a million pictures.  Literally.  I fell like I have been working on nothing but pictures for the last 24 hours.  Other than the 4 hour dinner break we took with friends after last night's baseball game.  I even skipped soccer this morning as I was so wiped out and needed to finish picture processing for the yearbook deadline.

So I will be back with pictures later when my poor fingers and eyes recover.  For now, you will just have settle for these teasers.

Oh, yeah.... Tie-dye.  And yes, yes, we do match.  :) All in people.  Go big or go home.  :)

Sneaky Little Leprechauns

Have to admit I was a complete and utter slacker when it came to St. Patrick’s Day this year.  J  We read the Night Before St. Patrick’s Day, and had green shirts to wear but that was the extent of my planning this year.

Thank goodness for the internet!  A few weeks ago I stumbled on this scavenger hunt printable and had bookmarked it to come back to. 

So at lunch ON St. Patrick's Day I printed the clues out, made a mad dash to the dollar store for "treasure" and then ran home to set it all up.

I staged the first clue on the dining room table - a pot with some "shinies" to get the kid's attention with the first clue in side.

From there they were off to the races!   And believe me when I say I didn't make it easy on them - I did my best to make the clues almost impossible to find (yes, it's a sink - but which one - and WHERE!?!), and yet they managed to find each one in less time than the last!  

They did at last find their treasure in the fridge.  And even though it wasn't "real gold" they were still tickled pink with their find, and even more so with the fact that sneaky little leprechauns came to visit us.