Look Mom, No Tooth!

Yesterday my little boy grew up just a little more when he proudly announced that he had lost his first tooth. He was so proud, while I was left scratching my head wondering where the years have gone. What's next, a driver's license?

The best part? All day long today he's been excitedly telling people that he "put my tooth under my pillow last night and then -POOF!- it turned into a dollar!" He's already declared that he doesn't believe in the Tooth Fairy, but apparently he still believes in good old-fashioned magic.

Take Us Out to the Ball Game

Max and I had a special day just the two of us last Sunday, thanks to my parents who graciously gave us their tickets to the Mariners game. It was so nice to spend some one-on-one time with my sweet boy. He is loving baseball so much right now & it was a joy to see how excited he was to be at the game.

Paul & Charlie

Our dear friend, Paul, came to Max's Hit-a-Thon and brought his sweet dog, Charlie, with him. Gus absolutely adores Charlie and was so excited to get to spend some time with her.

This photo cracks me up. Charlie blinked just as I took the picture. She kind of looks like she's smiling. So funny!

She's such a pretty dog and so very good with kids. Way to train her, Paul!

Play Ball - Part 4

Max participated in his Little League's Hit-a-Thon fundraiser recently. He had 3 chances to hit the ball as far as he could. He hit it 60 feet which is great! He had a ton of fun. Thanks to everyone who pledged! We'll know soon if the league met their fundraising goal and we'll be sure to keep you posted.

Here's the Marlins waiting for their turn to participate. Max's coach, Sheri, is the adult in the middle. She's incredible with the kids.



Max was so excited to be playing on a real field, complete with a dugout:

'You're next, Max!'

'Swing that bat, Max!'

Play Ball - Part 3

Max's first hit in a T-Ball game!

Play Ball - Part 2

After our disasterous Opening Day experience, we promised the boys we'd take them to another game before season's end and give them a proper Mariners outing. That day came soon than we expected when Mark was offered 4 front row seats from Nintendo. This time we lasted all the way to the 7th inning stretch and had a wonderful time.

Here's Gus hanging out at our seats. Not bad, huh?



Max and Daddy at the game. I love that Max wore this hat instead of a baseball cap. I can't tell you how many people stopped us to comment on it.

I love this picture of Gus:

Look how close we were to the players!

Play Ball - Part 1

Baseball has been a big deal in our house this month. We took the boys to Opening Day of the Mariners season, which was a complete disaster. $50 to park anywhere near the stadium?? What's a family with small children supposed to do? I guess we were supposed to fork over the 50 bucks. By the time we'd decided to do just that, everything was full. Poor Mark parked all the way at SAM and walked (with Jack in arms) back to Safeco Field. He was an hour late and missed all the opening festivities (which included 2 baseball songs performed by Death Cab for Cutie and the first pitch thrown out by Randy Johnson). Meanwhile, I had the 2 older boys by myself at our seats and the people behind us were so drunk (before the game even started!) and so loud that we couldn't bear to stay at our seats. By the time Mark arrived, the three of us were ready to leave. We only lasted 3 innings. Total disaster. We did, however, get a couple cute pics:


Here's the boys getting ready to head out to the game. It was cold, so I put a hat on Jack which, naturally, made the other boys "need" hats too. Max picked his T-ball cap, and Gus chose this hilarious Mario hat we got from Nintendo. Once again, a perfect demonstration of how different my boys are.


Gus at the field:

Welcome back, Randy!

Jack at his first game:

Mark and I have vowed to boycott Opening Day from now on, although those fridge magnet schedules are awfully tempting.