Home Economics 101

Jeremy has decided to show some interest in cooking his own food lately. For the last week we've been making the occasional egg sandwich for breakfast. Today, Jeremy wanted to make it all by himself. And he did it!

Slicing the english muffin


Adding cheese to the eggs


Watching the bacon heat up


Putting it all together


Yummy sandwich! :D

1st Game!

As the official scorebook keeper for our team, I have to watch every single play, every single player, both teams. It's a tough job, sure, but I never miss anything!

Tonight we played the Angels. We won 14-3 in the 5th inning. Here's the play-by-play:

Jeremy is the 6th batter in a line up of 14 players. A big improvement from last spring!

His first at bat he had a tired pitcher and got walked. But then he slid into second base on the next pitch! Way to go little man! On the next batter he stole third. And on the next wild pitch he stole home with another beautiful slide :D We were all cheezing.

His 2nd at bat he got a fresher pitcher and on his second pitch he hit a screaming ball right down the 3rd base line, way out to the field. He ran a triple! He was the only batter to get a triple this game. It was awesome :D When I caught his eye while he was on third he gave me a great big grin. I was grinning too :D

The next batter Jeremy tried a couple times to steal home on wild pitches but didn't quite make it. Then the batter he got a really wild pitch and Jeremy made a run for it. The catcher got the ball back in the nick of time and started to run Jeremy back. About half way back to the base the catcher throws the ball to the baseman, but the baseman lets it get past him, so Jeremy doubles back and steals home for a second time! Whoo! Can you just imagine all the screaming moms in the stands? It was an amazing play and I wish I'd had a camera. But being the scorekeeper I knew I wouldn't have an opportunity to take any pictures. I tried to get Kylie to take some but she didn't want to - mostly because it was sprinkling the whole game. (which makes keeping the book dry a little difficult)

On defense Jeremy started the game in center right and right field, mostly to back up some of our newest players. In the third inning they put him in as backup to second base. He was totally into the game. In the fourth inning the other team had a wild pitch and the first base runner stole second. Our catcher made the throw, but it bounced out of the 2nd baseman's glove. Jeremy was right there covering him and saved the play. :D

Another highlight of the game was Joshua. Joshua is autistic. Chad has been working closely with him to help him stay focused. And the coach walks Joshua to the plate and sets him up to bat. Tonight at Joshua's first at-bat he took a couple swings and then he hit the ball! He sent it out towards left and he managed to beat the throw to first! Everyone was jumping and cheering him on - it was wonderful. The next batter came up and then Joshua remembered to steal! When the next batter came up they hit a nice long flyball out to left field which gave Joshua the opportunity to make it all the way home. It was close, but he beat the throw to the catcher and scored his first run! The whole team cheered him on, as well as the coaches. Most of us parents in the stands were teary-eyed.

I know this is just the first game, but it was a really great game. I wish I could have video taped it to watch again and share with everyone. Such a great game.

So when we got home I had Jeremy pose for a couple shots so you could see the mess he made of his uniform sliding into home.



And a shot of a very happy baseball player

The "baseball" cut

Now that fall ball is officially underway, Jeremy needed to get the hair out of his face so he could see the ball coming at him! Here are the "before" and "after" shots.



We finally found a stylist that knows what to do with his wacky hair! This is the best cut he's had in a long time. And while I'm partial to his shaggy skater hair, I like his new look too.

Nat'l Play-Doh Day 9-18-08

We had a TON of fun with the play doh! Check it out:

Kylie's Birthday

I know I'm late getting this posted. Way too much on my plate at the moment. Trying to keep the house clean is a bigger job now, school is getting underway and the kids are slowly adjusting. I'm doing more cooking, which means more shopping, cleaning, and reading of recipes. Plus I'm doing a lot more crafting now. So it's pretty busy around here.

Besides the typical opening gifts, having a cake (this year a giant cookie) and going out for ice cream, we gave Kylie an amazing gift - a trip to Discovery Cove to swim with the dolphins! We didn't tell her what we were doing on her birthday, just got them up and out of bed nice and early and took off. She didn't know what was going on until we pulled into the main gate! What a smile..

Here are the pics:

Uno!

We sat down to play some cards last night. We've all been getting tired of the TV so Chad and Kylie went and bought some Uno cards.

We played several hands, with Chad throwing in some new rules, and had a lot of fun.

Our very last hand started at 7:15 and we played and played and played. There were times when Kylie had half the deck in her hand! And then Jeremy and I would end up with 30 cards! Chad wanted to call the game at 8 but I wanted to see just how far it would go. Chad finally played out at 8:10! A 55 minute hand of uno! Wow. That's got to be a record or something :D