James finished up baseball this past weekend and has started swim team. Because if one sport wasn't enough....... I'm not sure what I was thinking.
Swim team is interesting at 5. It's basically trying to survive and not collapse from complete exhaustion before you make it the length of the pool. And don't even get us started on the backstroke---really, the backstroke at 5? But somehow the coaches get these kids to do it. Or so I'm told. James has apparently forgotten the basics of how to swim, so most of the time he looks like this
As I said, just trying to survive. I'm hoping we make great strides over the next few weeks :)
Baseball was a great experience. James had fantastic coaches, and although I grumbled about the time commitment, he learned so much this year! And with a team motto of "Play Hard, Love Well, Go Redhawks", it's hard to go wrong. I mean, if this doesn't scream "childhood" I don't know what does.....
This is a picture from the last game, and these are James's sweet friends from his class: Will White (whose mom is my amazingly talented friend, Amanda, that takes unbelievable pictures), James Thomas Garret, and Caleb Walker. These four have life figured out.
James was awarded the game ball a couple of weeks ago, and he couldn't have been more excited. Whoever thought of the "game ball" was genius: you want to make the day of a 5 year old, give them a random baseball with their coaches' signatures on it.
So while James is busy in the outfield, these two little cuties have enjoyed their fair share of snow cones. I discovered late in the season that there is no better way to pass the 2 hours than to give them a $.50 cup of crushed ice. On this particular day, Ms. Priss didn't realize that her dad was walking up just as she was showing me her snow cone.
After all of these sporting events, everyone needs a little stretching, or "yoda" as Natalie calls it. Brad took these pics while I was doing yoga one evening---I'm pretty impressed with these two. James was so funny about it--very serious.
Last Friday Luke had surgery to have his adenoids removed to help with his sinuses and runny nose. The procedure was done at a private facility rather than the hospital, so the little dude spent his time playing with the toys before surgery. I'm not sure why he looked so cute pushing this truck, but I couldn't get enough of it. As expected, he was a huge hit with the nurses, and other than a little trouble coming out of anesthesia, everything went perfectly.
He was back to his usual self by the weekend. I know I'm a bit biased, but is he not the cutest thing
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