Baseball!

I will just admit now that I LOVE watching my kids play ball! So far, they love it too. They play football and baseball mostly. We are currently in baseball season, and I'm loving it. I have always loved it. I even loved traveling around watching my little brother, who is now playing professional golf, play ball (basketball, baseball, even some golf on occasion). I eat this stuff up!


It is so fun to see them develop. Tyler has been practicing and really improving. He's playing first base mostly, and getting some good hits. He's playing coach pitch, which makes it easier to hit the ball. Kid pitch will be a whole new world. He's doing great, and he has a good team, which makes it more fun. (Let's be honest here. It's just more fun when you win some games.) Of course these boys are 7 and 8 years old, and their minds can still wander while they're on the field. But they're doing well (3 wins, 0 losses, 1 tie), and having a good time.


Tucker had his first t-ball game on Monday. His second one is tonight. THIS is a hoot! There are a lot of 4 year olds and some 5 year olds on his team. He and maybe one other boy have a clue what is going on. It's funny when he's on base and he will get to second base, where there is no coach to tell the kid to run (with a slight shove to get him going), and Tucker is standing there telling the kid to run so he can get on the bag. 


There are kids running all over the place! One runner from the other team knocked Tucker over in front of the pitcher's mound trying to get the ball. Yes, he was that out of place. MANY of them were lost, and it was quite frankly hilarious! I hope they begin to learn soon, but it's so entertaining too. Tyler even admitted that it was more entertaining than his games, even though they were better. :-)


Here are a few photos of the boys looking absolutely adorable in their uniforms (says their mama)! I'm going to have to get some more in the next few weeks.

Surgery #4

Tyler will be having a tonsillectomy tomorrow. He's had three surgeries in his life already, so this will be the fourth. They've all been "routine" surgeries, and he has done well with each of them. He's had 2 sets of tubes put in, adenoids removed, and the last set of tubes had to be surgically removed. This tonsillectomy will be more painful afterwards...and for longer than these others. All 4 of these surgeries have been with the same ENT, so that's comforting. We like her. And we know he hasn't had any trouble with anesthesia. Of course, my mommy brain still makes me just a little bit worried about it. It is a surgery, after all.


And did you know that it is possible for adenoids to grow back? I didn't know that, but it's possible. So they'll check for that too. If they've grown back, he'll have those removed again as well. I don't imagine that will add any more discomfort or pain than he'll already have. I have been advised to keep the pain meds in him on schedule before he needs to ask for it.


His first surgery was when he was only about 20 months old, I think. The next one was at age 5. The third at age 7. Now his fourth is at age 8. I don't think he's nervous, but we'll see for sure tonight and in the morning. He knows this doctor well enough since we've been seeing her since he was a baby. She has boys his age too, and is good with him. 


He is most looking forward to missing school. (No offense to his wonderful teacher.) But we did plan it for when he will not be missing as much. They are out of school next Monday through Wednesday for Mardi Gras - a perk to living in Louisiana, although their Spring Break isn't until Easter. So, he will maybe only miss 4 days of school. 


Cammie (my Mama) will be getting here sometime tonight to be here, particularly to help with Tucker for the first few days. He's going to miss his constant playmate while Tyler is sleeping and recovering for a while. He's really excited that Cammie is coming to play with him, especially the painting part. :-)


Well, I need to get ready to go to the store. I've got to stock up on ice cream!

Christmas 2011 (a month later)

Yes, I realize it is the end of January. But I just realized that I still had pictures from Christmas on my camera as I was getting the recent fishing pictures off of it. Well, better late than never, right? I'm going to let the pictures tell the story (with just a bit of narration).

Spreading the reindeer food; I love how the flash on the camera caught the food flying through the air! And yes, it's warm enough on Christmas Eve to be wearing short sleeves.

Look what Santa brought! This thing is amazing, but they still haven't put it together and made it work. It's a robot that you build with LEGO's. It has software that makes it work and talk and obey commands. I think Santa brought it for Jeremy as much as for the boys!

These boys LOVE their football cards!

And the new Madden NFL 2012 for Wii

Yes, he's excited.

A big ol' box of Lincoln Logs

Happy Boys!

New Nerf guns! You can't have too many of those...or can you?!

I think he likes it.

And of course, the LEGO's

Santa also brought them scooters, which they love.

 Now it's time to build the new LEGO sets.

This is not nearly all of them.

We also went to visit Jeremy's brother, Pete, and his family and in-laws to have Christmas with them. This little cutie is Jackson, Pete's son. The boy LOVES tractors!

This is what we got him. They were all excited about it. 

Older cousins helping out

Isn't he just precious?!

Tucker's fish

Well, after the 8 lb bass Tyler caught on Friday, the boys were fishing again on Saturday. This time, it was Tucker's turn to catch a good one. He was proud of his catch. Jeremy said it was about a 1 1/2 lb one. Good catch for Tucker, particularly since he doesn't stick around long enough to actually catch anything. A 5 year old needs constant activity, and fishing just doesn't always do that.

But on this particular day, he hung in there long enough to make a catch. Perhaps he'll be encouraged enough to stick with it longer next time he goes out there.

Here's the proud boy with his catch:

Tyler's Big Fish

Tyler caught the biggest fish of his life (so far) tonight. This bass was 8 lbs!!! And 23 inches long! They were fishing at the pond in our backyard just as it was getting dark. Tyler and his Daddy were quite proud and so excited! Tyler came running into the house to tell me to get the camera and bring it out. I was not expecting something so big. I mean, this is something the professional fishermen would be excited about. (I know, because I've seen the fishing shows.) :-)


Tyler and I were running back and forth up to the house to get things we needed. We had to get the camera, a flashlight (it started getting dark), the scale, some string, and Jeremy's boots because it was muddy and I was fussing at him for getting his good shoes muddy. We needed the string to keep a hold of her in the water because Tucker had fallen asleep, and we were trying to keep her long enough for Tucker to wake up and see it. I ended up just picking him up and carrying him out there to see it.


It was quite exciting, and Tyler wanted to be sure I showed everyone the pictures! So, here they are...

Tyler, the author

Last Friday, Tyler's teacher sent me a text message to let me know that Tyler was a 1st place young authors winner!  He won 1st place in 3rd grade for non-fiction at his school.  Now his writing will be sent to the state competition, which will be in the spring.

Needless to say, I had a big, proud smile on my face.  We are all excited for him.  His writing was a class assignment near the beginning of the school year.  There is some exaggeration to make for "juicy" writing, as they call it.  Here it is.  (And for the record...his daddy does have time to help with dinner, particularly helping to clean it up every night.) :-)

Tucker's first tooth

Well, my 5 year old BABY Tucker lost his first tooth yesterday!  He came home with a "big surprise" from school yesterday. His little baby tooth was in a ziploc.  He said he pulled it out himself, just like Tyler did with his first tooth one day in kindergarten.  There was no drama, no blood.  Just a very proud 5 year old with a tooth, ready to put under his pillow that night, along with a little note for the tooth fairy saying how excited he was. :-)

My babies are growing up too fast.  But I am proud of the little boys that they are and the young men they are going to become.  I love them with all of my heart!

He got tired of me trying to get a picture of the space in his teeth, so he doesn't look too happy. His teeth are a bit crowded, so it is a small space.

Here he is at bedtime ready to put his tooth and the note under his pillow for the tooth fairy. :-)

Football Boys

My boys LOVE football and everything associated with it. They especially love the Saints. :-) But they just love football in general. They also have an insane number of football cards, along with some baseball, basketball, and maybe some other kinds. But they each have 500-600 football cards. And it's kind of crazy how much they, even the 5 year old, know about the game of football and so many of the players in the NFL.

I ran across these photos and just wanted to share them because I think they're good pictures.