Baseball

Last Sunday, the boy finished his last pitching clinic.  It was a day of competition.  And when all the boys lined up in three lines to pitch, the coach put Zachary in his line. After two rounds to see who could throw the most strikes, it came down to Z and another boy.  With everyone …

Tis the Season

Last week gave us a lovely glimpse of spring.  We had our outdoor practice on a warm 60 degree day.  The birds were chirping, blue skies abound, but as much as I wished winter was over, old man had more in store for us….and he brought his companion, Artic wind blast. A quick snow storm …

Outdoor

Some times the little things make you happy.  Like when you realize that your Tuesday basketball practice has been switched to Monday at 7:30…and it’s already 7:30.  That my friend is when panic mode takes hold. But after a few back and forth emails with the team, we opted for an outdoor practice at the …

Baseball

Our weekends for the past few weeks have been all about basketball and baseball. Zachary is in week 4 of a 6 week pitching clinic.  Boy are we glad to have signed up for it.  They have completely transformed his wind up. He now looks more like Roy Holliday’s mechanics   Lucky for the boy …

Beach Day

To unwind from Turkey Day, we made a quick trip to the beach.  Thankfully Santa was arriving into town that very day Ocean City at Christmas, extra special Nice way to kick off the holiday season      

Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday.  There was much preparation, everyone lent a hand.  Our favorite Great Grandmom had the gravy tasting like perfection. We sat down to a delicious meal And after a quick clean up, the games began.  Who knew Great Grandmom is a ringer…and the boys, well the boys, will be boys with …

Santa

Will the real Santa please stand up, please stand up,  please stand up.   Last weekend, Z casually mentioned that certain Santas couldn’t be real. I mean “how could he possibly be in a thousand places at once”.  So, we broke and told him that certain Santas are indeed not real but they do work …

Black Belt

It has been a long 4 1/2 years from when we first started karate. It started as a pensive little guy who was afraid to get up in front of the group.  Over the years, the boy has transformed into a confident lad and in many ways a leader. There have been two a week …

Odds N Ends

It’s been a busy few days.  Bella had tooth surgery and came home pretty much out of it. Our favorite was the drunk sailor look, with her body hanging precariously off the sofa’s edge Mommy made a quick trip to Pittsburgh and ran the bridge into Pittsburgh. Many leaves have fallen and the girls like …

Halloween

It was a quick Halloween.  Zachary went as a bad guy from Star Wars.  Mommy took a picture of the wrong dark costumed kid at the school’s parade (mommy fail) and the boy walked around with a dinosaur. Our Halloween in a nut shell The better part was getting those look back photos on Facebook. …