KCWC Spring 2014

Last week was the Kids Clothes Week Challenge for Spring 2014.  (You commit to sew for your kids for one hour a day for a week.)  I participated (like last spring), but I didn't finish as much as I had hoped.  No surprise there.

 

This one is made from a sheet (from Dirt Cheap!)

Halle claims it is her new "very very favorite" dress.  Score!

Some of my Grandma's buttons:

This one is from this free pattern, and I love it.

Another Grandma-button:

 This one is from the same sheet as Halle's dress and this free pattern (with added width.)  It is a lot cuter in person than it looks in the picture.   :)

And this one was a tester- I'm not loving it.

I'm pretty sure I'll chop it into a shirt and it will be fine.

I have several other things cut and ready to go, I just haven't gotten to them yet.   Don't worry.  I will.

Tball. Modified Coach Pitch. Coach Pitch Softball.

Those three things are what we will be doing for the next couple of months.

 

Last Thursday was our first 3-practices-night.

Ty and Cate practiced at the same time, and unfortunately Cate's coaches were both gone and JD stepped in to help, so Ty was on his own for his first (ever!) practice.  He was fine.  Halle "helped" him (her best friend's parents are coaching the team) and he was definitely the only one who had a clue about what was going on.  Not that he's an all-star.  :)

 

The first thing they did was run the bases- Ty refused to take his glove off.

By the second time around he figured out it was safe to leave it by the dugout.  Ha!

My view of Cate's practice from my spot at Ty's field:

It is entirely possible that Cate will be our best athlete.

We'll see.

Halle and Ava doing what Halle and Ava do:

(talking, laughing, reading, talking, writing, etc.)

Dirt is irresistible.

After "the middles" (our current nickname for Cate and Ty) had practice, it was Halle's turn.  They actually had a scrimmage that night, and although Halle has gotten a LOT better than she was at the end of last year, it is obvious that this will be the deciding year for her.  If she enjoys it and works hard we'll let her play (assuming she wants to) next year.  If not, goodbye softball.  :)   This 7-9 year softball league is no joke.

Our left fielder:

She did get on base with a decent hit!

 This balancing 3 teams thing is just the beginning, I fear.  Luckily, we all enjoy being at the ballpark together!  JD and I have made a pact that FAMILY is (of course!) more important than activities, but when we can do activities as a family its just fine.  The kids learning to cheer for their siblings (even when tired/hungry/cranky) is a good thing.  Learning that we sacrifice some of our wants (ex: going home.) for others is a good thing.  And being outside all evening together, is a really good thing. 

Birthday Day!

Ty turned FOUR on Saturday (the 12th.)  It's pretty unbelievable to me that he is now the same age Halle was when we moved to Mississippi.

 

We aren't having a party for him until this weekend, but since we were all home on Saturday (HOORAY- a rare treat!) we made it a fun day for the entire family.  It started with Ty's chosen breakfast- Daddy's Chocolate Chip Pancakes & a smoothie (which was more like a grape julius because of our *ahem* lack of groceries.)

  We spent the rest of the day park hopping. 

 

And of course, it's really not park hopping without a picnic.

  One of the parks we "hopped" to was the BALL PARK. 

When it was time to go, I sent Cate to get Isaac (who kept running to the other side of the field.)  Here is what happened:

Have I ever mentioned how stubborn he is??

I guess it's a bit familiar.

The big guns had to be called in: 

 The final park was the new playground at the SportsPlex: 

It was a fun Birthday Day for everyone.

 

Happy Birthday, T-Y.  We love you, we love you, we LOVE you.

 

 

 

Bonus Pics:

Sunday after church we ate at Chili's (good coupons!)

Ty's astonished smile when the waitress brought him this ice cream was PRICELESS.  He was so surprised and happy. 

 

 

 

"Hey there, Boo Boo!"

"Let's go get us a pic-a-nic basket!"

I can not fix a picnic lunch without my Dad's best(?) Yogi bear voice in my head...

 

Yay!!  It's picnic season again!!

 Indy stays close to the table and begs like this:

 

 

 Yesterday she was ignored for so long that she turned her back and made a huffing noise as she put her head down.  We all got a laugh out of it.  :)

Springy