T-ball Games

Nathan had t-ball practice twice a week for 4 weeks and now they have 2 games a week. They look pretty cute out there in their hats and shirts. It's fun to watch all the kids play. They don't keep score and they don't get out. They get the ball pitched to them 4-5 times, then they use the T.

Getting ready to bat

Nathan hitting a ball that was pitched to him

Coach Joe helping Nathan line up the bat with the T

Picture Update



3 Unicorns



Have you ever heard of Trio's? They're blocks made by Fisher Price. Nathan has had them for a few years, and he has lots of them. In the last month or so he has become borderline obsessed about them. Every single day he is playing with those blocks. He builds all sorts of things. Mostly we see very intricate and impressive guns. Some even shoot ice cream. But you name it he's built it. Last night he made a mask. Sometimes he makes people, or ships. I took a few pictures of his creations last week. I really love to see the different things he creates.



A Baby Dragon for his sister







  



The other day I noticed
Nathan's backpack was really heavy...

Woodchips from the playground - lots of them



Aren't we cute! Yup, we both have braces - for now. Teresa
should be getting hers off in about 5 months. I will have them
for 2 years. I had some serious jaw pain caused by my bite.
So it's time ot fix that bite.



Next is a school project Teresa and her friends did. They are reading "To Kill a Mockingbird". The assignment was to make a video of a few scenes. They had a good time. It's over 6 minutes, so don't feel like you have to watch it all. They worked so hard, I thought I'd share.

Another one bites the dust...

Nathan almost ate his tooth at lunch today as it fell out. That's number 2, hopefully the top teeth will wait awhile. They're just a little loose.

Who are the people in your neighborhood?

Nathan's class created a neighborhood today. Each student was assigned a building. Nathan's was the school.

After we took a tour the kids got to play with hot wheels on the roads

Lost and Found?

Nope, not found, just lost

Nathan lost his first tooth this morning. He was SO excited! It's been loose for almost 3 months.

Native American Day

Friday was Native American Day at Nathan's school. It was a lot of fun, even though it was cold. There were 5 different centers. Oh wait, first they had to dress in their Native American attire.

We started at the pictograph center. The kids used pictographs to tell a story on there "animal hide".

Then on to the friendship ceremony where each child made a friendship necklace with noodles, then drew a friends name out of a bag and presented their necklace with a compliment. It was cute, and the kids did great. The teachers were worried they might not like giving their necklaces away, but we had no problems.

Then we had to learn to hunt with spears and then spear a turkey. Once the turkey was dead they broke it open and ate the "turkey meat" -popcorn and jerky. I don't have picture of that, mother nature called, but Nathan still got some popcorn.

Next they learned about how important corn was, and they planted a seed and added a prayer stick for rain to it. Then the kids went fishing in the stream and learned about how they would dry their food.

Lastly we were at the drum station - by far the kids favorite station(not the parents) Each child decorated a drum around the "campfire" and listened to music. Then they got up an danced around the fire.

It was a fun and informative day.

Nathan created a Monster!

At school they are having a cake decorating contest. Tonight is their Trunk-or-Treat, with game booths, including a cake walk, so the cakes from the contest will be used for the cake walk.

Nathan created this super cute monster cake for the contest. I, of course, baked it, stacked it and put white frosting on it. He did the rest. He was very proud, and with good reason, it came out super cute!

Imagination is wonderful

We like to build tents, but they can be very hard to set up, especially for a 5 year old. That didn't stop Nathan, he found a better way than sheets and chairs - for him anyway.

How do you eat M&M's?

We sort them

Then count them

Make shapes with them

Then we eat them...

But while we're eating them, we photograph them

Skating!

The kids both got skates for Christmas

Grandma and Grandpa gave Teresa new rollerblades

And Nathan got Teresa's old Fisher-Price skates that go over his shoes. They are perfect for him. They have 3 settings, level 1 locks the front wheels, 2 makes them roll slow and 3 is normal. He's using them on 2 and doing okay.

(horribly blurry picture, but still cute :)

Baseball anyone?

Not really baseball, just a little game of catch. We were supposed to go to Nathan's Crazy Sport class again today, but my car didn't start (what is up with my car?!). Instead, we rode the bike to the park with our bat, glove and ball in tow. He had a good time, despite the heat!

More Funny Boy!

I have to start by saying Nathan has croup again - which I found out is the same as an adult having laryngitis, where your voice box is inflamed. Anyway, it makes for a nasty sounding cough and a very cute raspy voice.

Okay, so last night he called me back into his room after he'd been put to bed and said his "O O-Ah Ah" was a afraid of the dark. I responded with a question to verify what he was saying.

Me: "Your monkey is afraid of the dark?"

Nathan: "Yes, That one!" (pointing to Curious George on the wall). "He needs the light on"

Me: "No, he'll be okay, you have a Ho-Ho light to help you be less afraid" (The ho ho light is a night light with Santa on it)

He was content and went to sleep. He has some strange demands and often many of them, but he's usually easy to please. Even if he's still sad about it, I get a cute "okay, mommy!"

**I have to make another note He has recently turned 3, which means the last 6 months were the terrible 2's. There were plenty of cute things, but they rarely outweighed the bad :( Just a part of being 2. But he's much better now :)

He has little things that he says, that make us laugh and we've started using them in a teasing way. When he doesn't like something, he says. " I like that, AT ALL!" Then when something happens more than once he was saying it happened "2 time, got it!" But just recently that changed to "5,4,6" . So he might say, The fly bug me 5,4,6. We keep telling him he should say 4,5,6, or 6,5,4. But he likes 5,4,6. He can count to 10 the right way, Oh except 10 is 4. We'll let him have that one for a little longer :)

1 more funny one - it was just a few days ago. I was turning the kitchen light off and he got upset and said the light needed to be on. I had to ask why, he said because the food would be sad. (Of course, what was I thinking)

And a sweet one. I asked him for a hug and as he hugged me he said that hugs make him happy - ahh! He has started telling people he loves them randomly. Oh along the love line...if I have to take something from him or stop him from doing something, he'll say - But I lub it! It happened when he was playing with Ian, I told him he couldn't play with him because he was being mean, and his reply was " But I lub him"

Nathan's day

We started the day with pancakes on the special birthday plate and a candle. Then we headed to the free movie at the theater - it was "Space Chimps" - which is pretty funny!











Then it was lunch at Del Taco - to eat and play on the toys. Then a late nap. By the time he woke up it was almost dinner time, so Teresa and Nathan played trains and bubbles outside while they waited for dinner.








After dinner was gifts and cake. You should see him rip through those gifts. His big gift was a sand box. And at 7am this morning he was asking me to help him get dressed so he could go play. So him and I put our jackets on and we've been playing in the sand box :)








I should note that Jonathan, Ty and I worked very hard to get those pavers(under the sand box) put in before Thurs. They look great!