Family Fun

Bored?  Well, we were so what better way to cure that than to take the family bowling.  It was Dalton’s first time and he is hooked.  The bowling alleys are so high tech now too.  I remember when I was a kid, in order to use the “bumper bowl” feature, you had to haul out these huge inflatable tubes to place in the gutters.  It was a lot of trouble to do it if not every bowler needed them, so as kids, we usually just went without.  My ball spent a lot of time in the gutter as a kid.  Now days, it is all automated, so we were able to have them pop out for Dalton and pop back in for Blake and myself.  After seeing the final score, next time I think I’ll use them for myself as well.  :)

Here is Daddy showing Dalton how to hold the ball.

Dalton is watching his ball head down the lane.

He was very amused by the fact the ball came back all by itself.

Dalton and Mommy showing Daddy how it is done.  Blake always does seem to get the best shots of my backside.

Daddy and Dalton going for a strike.

Final Score:

Daddy-87

Dalton-86

Mommy-let’s just say less than the above scores

Professional bowler is apparently not in my future.

Girl LOVES her shoes

Well, not exactly.  She does not love to wear shoes, but she loves to play in her closet with her shoes.  Today, Addie and I were going through her closet packing up all the clothes she has outgrown (tear).  This is what happened.

And yes, she does have more shoes than everyone else in the house combined.  Now if I could only find that magic wand and transform some of them into my size.

Clean Teeth

Addie finally has a few teeth (three to be exact), so she thought she would join her big brother one night and brush her pearly whites.  We were quite amazed.  She actually seemed to enjoy brushing her teeth.  Let’s hope it always stays that way.  Dalton, of course, thinks brushing your teeth is the best thing in the world and actually begs to do it.  Who wouldn’t want to brush their teeth when your tooth brush sings the Thomas the Tank Engine theme song over and over and over again?

It’s all about the box

I’m not sure what it is but a box just might be the best toy in the world.  Especially when there is a baby in the box AND the box is being pushed around the house by daddy.

Easter 2009 in Pictures

Addison discovers her Easter basket.

Reading her new books.

   Hunting for eggs with Daddy.

Clayton is finding all the “hard to find” eggs.

Dalton passes up the orange eggs.  They are the “bad guy” color.

Finding the perfect egg to share with Aunt Misty.

Just a little bit lower Daddy.  I almost have it.

Look at all my eggs.

I found another one.

Riding the train with Clayton and Grandma at the church Easter Celebration.

Making a palm leaf craft at church with friends.

    

Listening to the Easter Story at church with friends.

As you can see we had a wonderful Easter season with family and friends this year.  I hope that each year to come we are as blessed.

Birthday Boy!

Today is Dalton’s 4th Birthday.  So far he has been able to celebrate by getting four shots at the doctors office.  I’m such a mean mommy for scheduling his 4 year well visit on his actual birthday, but I figure it makes going to get a special birthday treat from the ice cream shop even that much sweeter tonight.  We celebrated with friends and family this weekend down the road at one of our favorite parks.  Here is a picture of the birthday boy.  I’ll post more later, but little Miss Addison appears to be up from her nap.

Take Me Out to the Ball Park….

Today was Dalton’s first T-Ball game ever!  We woke up early, got him all decked out in his cute little baseball uniform, ate breakfast, and headed out to the ball fields for opening ceremony.  After joining the team late and only getting to go to one practice before the big game, he did an awesome job.  There were quite a few tears shed on the field by the team, but Dalton stuck it out the entire time even though the temperature barely reached 50 with the wind chill by the time the game was over.

Dalton is on the bottom row, far right.  For some reason, he thinks it is cool to wear his hat down over his eyes.

Getting ready to bat and then stepping up to the plate.

In the dugout with the team.

Entertaining himself in the dugout.

The season just wouldn’t be complete without a picture of Dalton playing in the dirt.

A Day of Firsts….

Today was a day full of firsts.  Addie had her first haircut ever.  Grandma came up for a few days visit, so before she left, she gave Addie her very first trim.  (She also trimmed Dalton’s for the very first time when he was a baby.)  Addie has quite a bit of hair and it’s starting to grow, but by trimming it, we are hoping to get rid of some of the baby fuzz and have long, beautiful, dark hair just like her daddy.

                      Before                                                  After

Thanks Grandma for my beautiful new haircut.

The other first for the day was Dalton’s very first day of T-Ball practice.  The team actually starting practicing a few weeks ago but we missed the sign-ups and got a late start.  Thanks to the neighbors, they were able to call the coach and get us in before it was too late.  He is on a team with kids 6 and under, so some of the boys (and one girl) are quite a bit bigger.  He got out there tonight and played with the best of them though.  He had a great time and made us so proud.  We have a little work to do, like teaching him the names of the bases, but he seemed to catch on quick and enjoyed the practice.  Did I mention how great the coach is?  I’m not sure how he remains so patient with 12 little ones, but I think he is going to be just the coach to really get Dalton going in sports.  That first coach can really make or break an experience for the little ones.  His team is called the Cibolo Reds and he sure does look cute in his baseball uniform.  We can’t wait until his first game this Saturday!

Let the fun times begin!