Swing Batter

We have our first week of baseball game under our belts. Ashlyn only likes to bat. She is really cute too. The batting helmet is so big that she looks like a bobble head at bat.

She's not that in to fielding but there is only one boy on her team that is into it. I think at one time every player had a parent on the field with them herding them out of the outfield or tearing them away from their sandcastle masterpieces. It was really fun to watch them play. You never know what a 4 year is going to do.

Braden had a blast at his first game. I was worried but he jumped in and enjoyed himself. He spent some time on the pitchers mound and behind the plate. We are living baseball right now. Braden has games on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday and practice on Wednesday night. So four days a week he's busy and Ashlyn has practice on Tuesday and games on Saturdays.

We don't even like baseball.

cake

Mike signed me up for a cake decorating as an anniversary present. I think I've made 5 cakes so far but I haven't taken a picture of all of them.

So far in class I've learned:
1. icing taste better when you don't know what is in it.
2. icing is really a pain to clean off of bowls, spoons, etc.
3. making icing without a mixer is great for sculpting arms and eating icing is great for filling in saddlebags.

I only have 2 weeks in my beginner class. I'm planning on make Braden's birthday cake. I hope I can pull it off because if it's not perfect Braden WILL tell me.

Hey batter batter...

swing batter. We signed Braden up to play tee-ball this fall but when we arrived for his practice Saturday we found out that he was playing coach pitch baseball. The league had to combine the tee-ball team and the machine pitch team into one coach pitch team because they didn't have enough players signed up.


The only problem with that is Braden has never played before so he is completely lost. Mike took him outside to work on swinging. We have been practicing on a tee so when they started pitching to him Saturday, he was clueless. But Mike said that by the end of their little practice session tonight he was making contact so I guess that whole timing thing is coming.

Play Ball

Ashlyn had her first ball practice. She is the only girl on her team and the only girl that I saw playing period. She spent most of the time dancing with her shadow and playing in the dirt. She was almost shy tonight which is very odd for her. Maybe next week she'll be more involved or maybe she and her shadow will perfect the waltz.

Razorback at heart.

I don't think there is anything to really say about this one.

Fairy Tale Ball

I must say that Ashlyn goes to the best preschool ever! Last weekend they turned their main building into a Fairy Tale Ball. We had to sign in on the scroll and then we preceded to go to the dance, pictures, face painting, crafts, story time, and the bounce house.

We were standing in line for the carriage ride when the sky opened and it began to down pour. She was not happy at all. So she didn't get to ride the carriage or the pony but she still had a great time at her ball.

This is she and Joshua listening at story time. Joshua is her best friend but I think there may be a little romance in the air.