Baseball

We love summer, because we love baseball. All summer long you can see dark circles under Casey and my eyes, because we are up to the wee hours of the morning watching the Angels play on the west coast. And we love our local minor league team, the single A affiliate of the Nationals. Andrew gets to run the bases after the game (which is funny because he has no idea what he's doing or where he's going, and always gets confused) and once even got a game ball.








This is Andrew's 1st time running the bases. He had no idea what to do, so Casey told him just to follow the girl in front of him. Note that he misses all the bases, and the mascot, "Uncle Slam", shamelessly calls Andrew out at 2nd. He also had to wear his hat backwards, like the kids on the Sandlot.


At the next game, Casey decided to coach Andrew before his big run, and instructed him to make sure to hit all the bases ("the white things") and that he should finish at home plate, and pointed to where the batter was standing. Unfortunately, as you'll see in the video, Andrew was confused as to which "white thing" where the batter was standing that he should go to.

Mother's Day

Andrew's preschool class hosted a Mother's Day Tea for the moms in the class. They sang some songs, wrote notes, and were generally very cute. Note the little girl in the pink shirt next to him; her name is Kenna, and she is the only girl in the class that Andrew wants to play with over the summer. He says, "I like Kenna. Kenna is beautiful." Uh oh...





It poured on Mother's Day, so we opened the front door to watch the show. Willa just had to share it with her 2 favorite toys, Doggy and Puppy. She reads to them, makes them take naps, feeds them, and likes to sleep with them (yes they are hard plastic, don't ask me how that can be comfortable). She stood in front of the door saying, "See Doggies and Puppys, see rain. It's raining it's pouring the old man is snoring."

Easter

Yes, Easter was a month ago, but it's usually in April, right? This year Andrew was ready for the Easter bunny, but Willa got in on the fun, too. Willa patiently "cleaned up" eggs from under the couch, on window sills, wherever they might be hiding, and if any eggs happened to break open, she stopped what she was doing and with great concentration cleaned up the "mess." Andrew -- I mean, Spiderman -- ran around as fast as he could saying, "I'm winning the egg hunt! I'm winning the egg hunt!"

No Self Esteem Problems Here

Just watch my children's reactions when they realize they are on camera.





Other funny things they've said recently:

When I asked Andrew to stop running at his preschool because we shouldn't run in a church (he attends the Methodist preschool) he stopped and said, "But this is not the real church of Heavenly Father."

Willa is obsessed with looking for birds everywhere (even inside buildings) and has started dragging her stuffed animals to the window, saying, "C'mon, c'mon, see birdie, tweet tweet," and propping them up so their heads are looking outside.

While I was trying to get Andrew to eat (yet again), he was arguing passionately in his defense. He said, "No, Mommy, just listen to my appointment."

Last week when Willa saw her Easter dress she said, "Oooh, pretty dress" over and over while she started ripping off her clothes to put it on. Then she walked around in her dress saying, "Pretty. Pretty. Pretty." What a diva.

Happy 4th Birthday Andrew!

Casey's Birthday

California Dreamin'

We just got home from visiting family in California. Thanks to everyone for taking time out of your schedules to spend time with us. We had a great time and we miss everyone!

Before we even got out of the airport, Andrew began asking Papa to make a cake. Obviously, Papa obliged.



We LOVE the cousins!







Casey put a bunch of kids shows on his blackberry to entertain the little monsters on the plane. Now every time Willa sees him she marches up, lifts up his shirt (Casey keeps his blackberry on his belt) and demands "Tubbies". And somehow after creating this essential diversion, Casey managed to avoid being on the plane at the same time as her...




We were going to take the kids to Disneyland for a day, but they were so wiped out after just an afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese that we rethought that plan.




Who needs Disneyland when you have paper airplanes?



After all that fun with airplanes, sometimes you just need to snuggle in bed together and watch a little "G.I. Joe" on the portable DVD player.






We spent Grandpa Randle's and Aunt Jenny's birthday at Legoland (just what every 57- and 14-year-old dream about...). Andrew rocked out with the pirates.














If you thought all those lego creations were indestructible, you haven't met our little boy. Here he is sizing up Thomas...



...and unfortunately Mom caught him mid-karate kick -- but not before Thomas lost a few pieces.




Our friend Lisa Radden hooked us up with tickets to the Auto Club 500 in Fontana while we were there. Oh yes, we are part of Nascar Nation.