The boys are currently enrolled in swim classes through a place called Bear Paddle. They all love it and are doing very well. Brian had Friday, July 1st off from work so he was able to not only see Logan play baseball (previous post), but was also able to come and see the boys swim for the first time. Brady’s class is from 12 – 12:30 then Logan and Aiden are in a class together (which is nice for me, but sometimes causes them to goof around too much together) from 12:30 –1. The best part of Bear Paddle is standing in the “kid wash” at the end of class! Here are some pics by daddy:

Both Logan and Aiden are playing Tball this summer. Aiden is in the 4 and 5 year-old league that does only tee ball while I chose a middle-ground team for Logan that starts as Tball and ends with coach pitch. Both boys are really enjoying their practices and games, but I honestly haven’t seen Logan have this much fun during an organized sport…like ever. He hustles to the point of annoyance (you probably shouldn’t run into the outfield for a ball when you’re supposed to be standing near the pitcher’s mound, but whatever) and I think he’s really shining and trying his best. It’s adorable! I signed them up for mornings since B travels too much to really see evening games anyway. So far, he’s been able to see 2 of Logan’s games and 2 of Aiden’s games…during the day…which is awesome!!! We still need some pictures from Aiden’s games, but I have some amazing ones from Logan’s game. Poor Aiden…he’s seriously having fun, but he’s still such a peanut. I think his biggest problem is keeping the giant batting helmet from falling into his face as he runs the bases :)

Brian also took some beautiful pictures of them during team pics one Saturday afternoon.

 

Logan during pics:

 

Aiden during pics:

 

Brady…wearing Aiden’s hat! :)

 

Aiden’s team has 10 players…not sure where the rest of them are for team pics!

And Logan’s team has 12…usually. Logan is standing in the very back with his friend Adam. Me and Lisa worked it so they were on the same team. It’s been fun for all – me cause I get to hang out with Lisa and the boys because they get to play with a buddy. Perfect!

 

Waiting to bat. Logan’s team name is the White Sox. We, as primarily Cubs fans, have dealt with this ;)

Giant batting helmets are awesome!

Action shot – run, baby, run!!

Look at the poor kid in yellow…can he even see through all the stuff on his little head? cute!

Just a cool shot by daddy.

Running for the ball

Contemplating life…baseball…what he’s going to do when he gets home…

Me doing my thing: standing outside the field, chatting with Lisa and watching whomever isn’t currently playing baseball three days a week.

Just another cool shot

Waiting for something to happen (isn’t that like the theme of baseball? kidding)

Nana is having a hard time understanding Drago the lizard’s true size so here is a picture of him in my hand (taken with iphone by Aiden) Keep in mind that he is currently about 6 or 7 inches long in total with his tail, but will grow to around 20 or 24 inches:

 

Last night I had to take another picture of the lizard to send to Daddy who was in California. Each night, when his little heat and “day” lights turn out (via automatic timer), Drago finds a special place to sleep. It’s always different and sometimes amusing. The boys and I like to peek in and find him before they climb into bed. Last night, he literally leaned up against a fake cactus and slept there the entire night (he never never moves once he’s in place and asleep), with his little arms wrapped around the “plant” and his little belly in mid air. Literally….all night!! hysterical! Again, I took this with my phone and had to shine a flashlight into the terrarium to get a decent shot so…hard to see, but you get it I think.

Another “meant to post it, but someone is hogging all the pictures on his camera” post! These are from the 2nd day Brian had his new camera (which rocks by the way, but mostly because Brian is actually really good at taking pictures…like seriously!) The neighborhood kids were all in costumes riding around the driveway. Bri was testing “movement” shots. I just think they are awesome…such a “day in the life” around here!

Not sure what Aiden was that day…maybe a super-hero-race-car-driver-wearing-fireman-rain-boots guy…or something.

Action shot!

I think the white marks on his face mean “spy”, but who knows…kid paints his face for some different reason every day!

I’m including this picture because it is Brady’s “go to” outfit: easy, sporty, pull up shorts (easy because no buttons or anything for potty emergencies…although he highly, and against my will, prefers to drop his pants by the very bushes he’s standing by in this pic and just let it all out) plus his “happy bu-tar” shirt…which is “happy guitar”. He loves it cause it’s red.

Look at AJ in the background! Hysterical! Especially because Brian asked Logan to stand still for a shot and AJ got back there on purpose and then yelled “I was in the background!!”

Have been meaning to post this for a while. I saw a short clip on Food Network (Brian’s favorite channel when nothing else is on) featuring some guy who makes crazy pancake masterpieces. From what I could tell, it was all about putting the pancake picture together in pieces so that some parts cook longer and have a different color than other parts. We have been using a squirt bottle to “draw” pancake pictures for a while. I decided to take this (brief) new-found knowledge and put it to the test. Here are some pics from my second attempt at pancake art. The boys like to sit up on the counter and critique my work! Logan requested a camera because we recently purchased a new one, Aiden asked for the fish and I did their ages in circles. I had the finished images for these, but Brian now controls the camera and I have no idea where they are…but you get the idea :)

I found our computer screen like this last Tuesday. At first I thought it was some funky window that wouldn't close. That was until I ran my fingers over the surface and watched as the image changed. Somehow there was a giant crack in the screen. I have some toys in the office right now including a bin of cars. I had seen the boys tossing / rolling the cars OUT the door into the kitchen, but I suspect one might have been thrown or bounced off the floor in the office. After several sessions if intense interrogation on the part of myself and then by daddy, we have determined that they all really and truly don't know what happened or who did it....reminds me of the 1/2 dining room curtain incident (hmmmmm). Anyway, it's hard to type and sort through pictures when I have to minimize all open windows and then drag them to the upper left-hand corner of the screen. I am typing this entry on my phone. Brian got a new monitor last night and then skipped town for work ;) I'll be hooking it up later and getting on to my back log of topics: Aiden's birthday party, the 4th of July and camping last weekend. I've got my work cut out for me!

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So…Brian has this awesome new camera…and he’s got some really beautiful shots on it from this past weekend (Aiden’s 5th birthday party Saturday, all our 4th of July events yesterday)! I mean, he had his face behind that thing for a good portion of the weekend. I think he took over 700 pictures (ya!) We were reviewing them on his ipad last night. I have a few posts that I want to do and, obviously, use these great shots…but he’s hogging them! He took the card and his ipad today and left me with nothing but the camera on my iphone (sob sob). I’ll have to post about our super fun weekend later, but I did snap a quick pic of Aiden’s early and awesome birthday gift: a bearded dragon…named Drago. Drago is also a Bakugan (another Aiden favorite). In face, Aiden went as Drago the Bakugan for Halloween last year. So far we haven’t been able to do much with our little pet. We were instructed to put him in his new home and leave him be for 48 hours. We did get to see him eat a bunch of crickets yesterday after he came home and he’s moving around a little today. Two things I can tell you about our new pet: 1. he sleeps like the dead 2. Brian and I are like new parents all over again. We stood there in the boys’ room last night before we went to sleep staring into the tank to see if Drago was breathing. We were all worried! The first thing Brian did this morning was to go see how he was doing.

Here is Drago basking on his “warm” rock. Better pictures with a better camera coming…sometime!