Start of baseball season

Ethan has started baseballm we signed him up for Rookie league again this year, which is for 6-8 yr olds. We had requested the same coach as cousin Matt, but then found out that 32 other kids requested, too! 32!! Matt was lucky he got on that team again, we know of one kid that didn’t. Ethan is the only 8 yr old on his team, they all played tee-ball last year. He didn’t know anyone on his team, but almost all of them go to Solon with him.

The kickoff parade was May 7. It was a little cool that day, so I had him wear a sweatshirt underneath.

walking with his team around the square – 11 boys and their coach Lorenzo.

cousin Matt

parade went to the fields, where they all lined up.

after the craziness of losing Ethan last year, I gave him explicit instructions on where to meet me this time! Turn LEFT after exiting the gate! a house close by the fields just added this awesome totem pole (or is it a tree?) that is a big baseball bat! It is my new landmark to turn in the alley to the parking lot now.

Ethan’s first game was later that Sat. Trent couldn’t make it until later due to games at the hs.  

he got play at pitcher for the first game.

he gets a hit at the first game, so happy!

The first game was on the t-ball field, which is smaller than the others. It is the field the rest of his team is used to, this was their first time using the pitching machine and they did great!

I think he made it home, too! His team of young ones, are pretty good! Great batters, so far!

The first game he ended up getting 2 hits, then a 3rd one that he hit right to 1st base so he was out. Check out his little bummed out face…I was running video at the perfect time!

Easter 2011

Wonderful day of celebrating Easter with the family.

Ethan with his goodies from the Easter Bunny and after our egg hunt.

We got him a gift card, he has been such a good kid lately.

Outside our church after the service…

Then we had Easter breakfast at T’s parents after church. We got there first and started preheating the oven for the 2 casseroles that needed to bake. Little did we know that they were storing pots and pans in there!

While we baking, Ethan did his 2nd egg hunt. This year C stepped it up and hid eggs in every room! It was cute she wrote down where each one was so he would be sure to get them all! She hides our baskets, but we found them!

I made blueberry muffins, sausage balls and hash brown casserole.

Derrik couldn’t come up this year, so it was just the 5 of us and all that food! I think the breakfast worked well, we all love breakfast food! It was good that his parents didn’t have to make up a ton of the normal Easter dinner. I think they liked this, too.

We then headed over to my parents’ house to eat ‘lunch’ at 2pm. I had to immediately put in the broccoli casserole I premade in the oven to bake. I also made cupcakes.

   the 3 cute kids in their Easter outfits. Funny that E coordinated with Matt. I try to keep the colors in the family!

Egg hunt #3 Ethan finding his yellow eggs.

Ethan couldn’t find his 11th egg – it was super hard to find. The adults were searching for it, mom didn’t remember where they all were, this went on for over an hour. I kept looking here and there and so was Dan, but Dan finally found it behind the ficus tree that I had shook like twice!

cute pic of E, love his eyes here…sorry mom caught you off guard there

little Matt ate 3 cuties for dessert!

playing with their new jump ropes

Ethan totally entertained us with how he jumped so so fast! He did like 10 in a row in like 10 secs!!  He thinks this pic is so funny that I caught him in the air…

Good times and nice that it wasn’t freezing outside.