Gym & Swim

Who needs the Y programs???? We went to the gym yesterday and I got my workout done before the morning was out. After that we headed to the strawberry fields and filled 5 boxes in no time. The berries are awesome!!! We got home and grabbed some lunch and then hit the pool. It was a great day to be near water. The laundry on the line dried super fast. Tulip and her family came over and it was a party in the pool! We love having company and they played outdoors all afternoon.

Since there was leftover turkey dinner that needed our help, we went to their house for supper and made out like bandits. :))) Well, not Lovey of course but the rest of us had a good feed!

We left just in time to head to Tball and enjoyed watching the girls play and Sweetie kept Murray busy with the playground, play catch, racing around the field..... everything except actually playing ball like her sisters! Honey's friend from school was there to pick up her sister so we invited them over for a swim the next day.

Surprisingly, it took them awhile to settle down to sleep but not too long. I thought they'd crash out instantly but they had lots of questions etc. Seven minutes after tucking her in, Sweetie was at the top of the stairs lamenting the fact that she just couldn't fall asleep!!! Ummm, go back and try again, for MORE than 10 minutes would ya??? Apparently she thinks it should happen faster too!

The busy days and late bedtimes drive me a little bonkers by that time of day. I just want to sit and relax and have limited patience for any "I want to draw out this bedtime thing" situations!!!

Play Ball!!!

Ball season has begun! Lovey & Honey were all gung ho to get to the field. They recognized a few friends from school when they got there & were off & running. The coaches this year seem more able to handle large quantities of clueless elementary school kids and had lots of drills going & kept them better occupied than last year. This year it's a few dads, whereas last year they were highschool/univ aged boys who didn't seem to grasp that a lot of the 6 year olds were beginners who had never played before. They played catch, threw the balls at targets, batted and ran bases. It was a busy hour and they loved every bit of it!

In true Sweetie style, she boycotted all the sign ups she could (we are "making" her play soccer though). She wasn't having anything to do with this Tball business and brought along Bunny, her DS and was NOT interested in playing with her sisters. Five minutes after her sisters went on the field, a little voice floated up to my ears with those 2 sweet little words every mom loves to hear "I'm bored." Her sisters weren't using their gloves at that particular time so I suggested she & I play catch. "Ok!!!!" she said. I almost fell over! Not wanting to lose the moment, I grabbed the gloves and we moved off to play. and play. and play. Twenty minutes LATER, I suggested that Daddy might like to play catch with her. and so he did. for ANOTHER 2o minutes! She was actually able to trap the ball in the glove most of the time if we lobbed it softly (which is more than I can do with a kid sized glove!) and she was quite thrilled with being so talented!

On the way home we talked about how much fun they'd had and who they'd seen there etc. I commented that Sweetie had done pretty well for a girl who didn't want to play! She happily agreed.

Me: so do you think you'd like to sign up then?

S: Someday!

Me: Someday like next week?

S: No.

so glad she didn't deviate from form!!!! LOL

P.S.- 2 more days til their birthday dinner, 3 more days til their party with their friends. Just in case you needed an update, I've gotten about 20 of them today :)))