Besties

Talk about BFF's...  Talullah is smitten with her cousin, Gillian.  She recently hung out with a different friend, and afterwards she told me, "When I play with her, sometimes we just don't know what to talk about.  When I'm with Gillian, we always know what to say."
That's what having a best friend is all about.  Never running out of things to talk about.

T-Ball

It's easy to get distracted in the outfield.

Gearing up.

Berlyn's fan club.

Coach James deserves coach of the year award.  The kids love him!

Eye on the ball, kid.

Talullah and Nick practicing for her game tomorrow.

 

I was a little hesitant to sign the girls up for their first sports adventure.  I knew it would mean hours of sitting and watching games 4 nights a week.  EEK!  And I am a firm believer that sports are very, very boring unless you're out on the field.  Or should I say, I WAS.  The first time we sat on the sidelines and watched Berlyn go up to bat in her Red Sox jersey, I fell in love with the game.  Who knew it would take T-ball to make me an enthusiast?!  Go team, Go!!!  I'm the crazy mom screaming to her kid out on the field.  "Yeah!  Hooray!  You're awesome, babe!"  or "Wait.  Can we stop the game so I can fix her hair a bit?" Berlyn has had so much fun playing T-ball.  She loves hitting the ball, and she is such an impressively aggressive player.  I love this kid.

S'more Time!!!

One of my very favorite things to do (in this entire world) is to make  s'mores.  The warmth of the fire.  The smell of smoke.  The burning of marshmellows.  The melting of chocolate.  The crunch of the graham cracker.  The absolute perfection of that little dessert sandwich is enough to make me feel complete in a world of confusion.  When life gets crazy, let's make s'mores.

Get those eggs!

I've sometimes wondered how this little girl can reach all the way in and gather the eggs.  Today I found out.  She actually uses the bottom latch and crawls under the chicken coop.  These girls aren't afraid to get dirty.

All starry eyed

I absolutely love seeing the look of adoration on my girls faces when they listen to their dad sing and play guitar.  Often, one of them will ask me to put on his cd while we're driving in the car.  It never gets old.  "I know, girls.  Your dad is pretty amazing.  That's why I picked him."

Havanna at dinner

Seriously, she was talking one minute, asleep the next.  Kids can sleep in the most peculiar positions.  That does not look comfortable AT ALL.

Can't Keep Her Feet On The Ground!

Four kids, and this is the first time I've had to deal with this.  Amberlie is such a climber!  She can't even walk yet, but I can't keep this kids feet on the ground.  Every time we turn around she's standing on top of a stool, climbing onto the trampoline, or scaling the ladder to get onto the 5 foot high play structure.  Her new favorite game is to climb onto the desk in our school room.  She loves to rhythmically bang the door against the desk and then grunt loudly until I come to investigate.  It's really fun, as you can imagine.