Two Friends

Oh how these two would like to play baseball on the same team....they have so much fun together. Maybe another season....for this year...we will just have to suffer through playing against each other

Lots of Favorites

Hayden got to be at his very favorite place last night for his first scrimmage game of the Spring Season.
Here he is doing his favorite thing....batting. Getting ready to do another favorite -- run and attempt to steal bases
Not a favorite activity......waiting for his turn
Oh so not a favorite....coming off the field after being tagged out trying to stretch a single into a double.....
How sad....(a favorite pic of mine though - shame on me)....he said he had never been so embarrassed......
Wearing his favorite number....going to his favorite base....the hot corner...ha
So wanting to score another run
My favorite fella.....

Good Citizens Day

Yesterday at school was Good Citizens Day. This is the treat for the kids who have not had too many behavior problems during the preceding nine weeks. (The teachers determine this by the number of cards a child has had to pull during the nine weeks. But don't get Harold and me started on this system. We really do NOT like the card thing but ...that's a whole different story.) I was lucky enough to get to go to the school for part of the festivities. Radio Disney was on hand and there was a lot of dancing going on (however, I was IMMEDIATELY told when we got outside that I was NOT allowed to dance -- my goodness how humiliating would that have been to have your Mom dancing? ) Hayden just LOVED being outside during the school day for an extended period of time. We are very proud of him for earning the opportunity to share in this celebration!!Hanging with his some of his buds......
Seeing Mrs. Parker and getting wonderful hugs.......
Just hanging around.......
So precious (even when sweaty.....)
One more note....Aunt Johnnie if you see this Hayden and I both send our love and hope you are feeling MUCH better VERY soon. XOXOXOX

And So It Begins Again......

Hayden had baseball evaluations last night. Didn't Fall Ball just get over? Kidding! He and Ethan both worked their way into the first group of kids to be evaluated. (Thank goodness, there were way too many kids there and Hayden's strongest characteristic is not patiently waiting) Hayden did well and had a lot of fun. He so enjoys being out on the baseball field and there is nothing better than seeing your kiddo having a good time.
Best buds! Here's hoping they get to play on the same team this year.

Yummy!

Yesterday, I got to go to school and hang out for a while as the kids in Hayden's class celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Our sweet fella, looking like he just rolled out of bed to go to school, oh my....look at that hairPrecious Miss Kate in the Dr. Seuss hat that was making its rounds around the room

They wrote their own type of Dr. Seuss stories which were adorable. Then the big treat was making Green Eggs and having them with ham. Those kids were too funny.Waiting on the carpet to begin the cooking process.....Pretty little girls.....

They got to crack the eggs, stir the ingredients and then cook it all up. Mrs. Faith giving the directions and working math and science lessons into the fun.Getting ready to crack an egg.......Stirring the cooking eggs....guess he learned that from his Mommaw...he is never up when his Daddy cooks his breakfast and well we all know he has not seen his Momma cooking......

They were all so in to it.Mrs. Faith had to move them all back because they were getting closer, closer, closer, closer to the table where the skillet was......

I overheard one of the other Moms say that now they had no excuse for not cooking us breakfast on Mother's Day. Hmmm, let me think, Hayden near a stove early in the morning......nah, he and Harold can just take me out to brunch on Mother's Day!! (Besides, green eggs I think I can pass on those) If my own had not been one of the kids doing all the scarfing down of the green eggs, I would have thought some of these kids never eat. Miss Maggie enjoying the morning snack.....

But since he was, I think they were all just enjoying the novelty of it. They were all supposed to try the eggs but one little boy just could NOT, those green eggs were about to make him green. Don't they just look delicious? HA

Not to worry though (shhh, don't tell Mrs. Faith), Hayden and Maggie helped him out with them so no one would know he did not eat his. HA Hayden's only problem with the whole process was that the ham was not green too. My goodness, what an imagination.Hayden took this picture of two of his favorite girls in his classroom. I think he did a really good job.

Time To Relax?

Today was Hayden's last basketball game of the Upward Season. (Yahoo! Sorry that is not nice but man am I glad it is over)

It was a great season and Hayden had a lot of fun. He loved his Coach and his teammates. He told us on the way home that he gave each one of them a hug. (He only goes to school with one of them - so he does not know if he will see them again) How precious is that? He is so thoughtful sometimes.

I thought whew it's time to relax now. No more busy weekends and Thursday night practices for us. Silly me! Hayden and Harold went out with Jack and Ethan last night to the batting cages. Why? Well, because baseball tryouts are this Friday and Sunday....no rest for the Moms and Dads of busy growing up kids these days............We would not have it any other way though.

This photo is after he had a buzzer beater at the end of one of the periods. He was so proud. He is so funny though. On the way home, "Narcissus" wanted to know if the crowd was on its feet when he made the shot. Hmmmm, apparently Upward Basketball is much more important than his Dad and I knew.......
This is when the cheerleaders were performing.....oh my..................I'm not ready for those days.........................

Pittsburgh? Seriously?

Okay, this is a family from the South! Not just the South but really THE South! We live in Arkansas for goodness sakes. Except for college and law school, we have ALWAYS lived in Arkansas, all of us!!!! So how is it that my son has decided that the Pitt baseball team is his favorite college team? Well, we have Ryan to thank for that.

Hayden had never been to a college baseball game before last weekend. Whew, who knew that it could be soooo cold at a baseball game? Hayden just loved it.

I think it was the sound of the bats and just being at the baseball field. Of course part of it was that he got to spend time with Ryan. He just loved that. It was wonderful to be there for Ryan's first game as a college baseball coach and get to be there to see him embark on this next stage in his life.

Now let's just be serious though.....absolutely NO WAY my kiddo is going that far away from home to college....his accent would just NEVER ever fit in..............

Here is my precious little Southern boy pretending to be a pitcher! Yikes, that is almost as scary as thinking of him going away from the South!