My Crimson Clover

Home Run!

What a night! Jacob hit his first over the fence home run last night. Lemme see if I can give you the break down. First of all, our little team has been struggling this season. We've had some good plays and hits but this was the first night that everyone was "on". Our first five batters got on base, three of which had already scored when Jacob came up to bat. Then he stroked that first pitch from his Daddy and the ball went what looked to be a mile high in the air. At first I thought it was going to be just a high pop fly but then it just kept going. And going. And going. And it was gone! From that point on I don't really remember everything. I just remember running to the dugout and waiting at the gate before he ever reached third base. He was sooo excited, not to mention me and Michael. He said later that when he got to first base, Coach Robby told him to make the turn and he realized that he hit it over the fence when he saw the outfielders turn around and throw up their hands like "where's the ball?". He said then he just started "a joggin".

We ended up winning the game 21-6. It was our best game all season and all the kids got a hit. The kids really had a great time.

And just a side note: the excitement around the first home run I was prepared for but I was not prepared for all of the cash and prizes. Money. Gum. Candy. Who knew going yard could be so lucrative?

Another note: The top picture is not of the hr stroke. I was too busy keeping the book to be taking pictures. Plus, even if I would've had my camera ready I wouldn't have even been able to take the pic. I was shaking so hard that I couldn't even write, much less take a picture.

Cuties!

Look at these two cuties. Love how Clayton is holding Maddie's tummy. Crack's me up. Who knows...we may be showing this pic at their wedding one day!

Blue Angels

Two words...AWE-SOME!! It was great! I took over 1700 pictures in about 4 hours. I like to take pictures, but that's A LOT! Jacob had a great time but the sound was a little much for him. It was totally worth the hour wait to get out of the airport. Here are a couple of my favorites from the day.

Notice two of the Blues are inverted.

The Birthday Girl!

Here's my birthday girl! She is so sweet and very funny. We had her birthday parties Saturday and she LOVED every minute of it. Yes, there were two of them - you know the regular party and then the fam party. Now we (me and Michael) are off to preschool for the end of the trifecta. She will be so excited. Maybe I'll post more pictures later. But for now I'll leave you with my new most recent favorite pic of her.

The Clown Strikes Again

Madison was out all last week with the stomach virus, as most of her class was. This is the first day that she has been back at school for 6 school days. My older sister came in from San Francisco last Sunday for a week long visit and she stayed with us the following two nights.

Today as Madison and I (Daddy) were going to school, we had the following conversation:

Maddie: Who gonna stay with JoJo (my sister, JoLene)
Daddy: No one, baby. She is old enough to stay by herself.
Maddie: No she not.
Daddy: Yes, baby, she is older than daddy is.
Maddie: But she not old enough to stay by herself.
Daddy: Yes, baby, she is.
Maddie: No she not. She not reach the batteries.
Daddy (holding back laughter): She can't reach the batteries?
Maddie: No.
Daddy: So she is not old enough because she cannot reach the batteries?
Maddie: No
Daddy: What about mommy? Jacob? Gum? Poppa? Grand?
Maddie: No. No. No. No. No. I not old enough enough either.
Daddy: So daddy is the only one old enough to stay by himself.
Maddie: Yes.

And with that we ended up at Preschool. Just another slice of the comedic talent from our two year old.

The Big K

And I don't mean K-Mart. Kindergarten! WOW! Can't believe it is here. For a while there I thought that I was more excited about it than Jacob. But last night I could tell that he was about to explode. This morning he was very impatient with the traffic, even wanted to know why the cars in front of us wouldn't just go ahead and turn so he could get to school. He lead us in the school, walking about 10 feet in front of us, turning around only to let us know that he could see his class room. He walked in the room like the big kindergartener that he is and sat down at his table and started going through his things.

Before we got out of the car I asked him what was going to be the funniest part of kindergarten and he said picking out my lunch and punching in my lunch number. We will see if that has changed this afternoon. Have a great day Jake!