Life will never be the same around here...

Nate has learned how to climb onto the kitchen chairs. As I was getting breakfast this morning, he climbed right up. He didn't have really messy foods this morning so I let him sit on the regular chair. Later today, I found him up on the top bunk in his brothers' room. I was taking care of something and heard him making noise so I thought I better hurry to find him. I went into the boys room expecting him to be playing with the hammer but he was all the way up top throwing books down off Ted's bed. I took him out of that room and brought him outside for a little bit. A little later when we were back inside, I ran downstairs and he was in the hallway. I ran upstairs with a basket and got to the room just as he was falling off the ladder. I guess we'll need to keep their room locked for now so he can't get in there.

I had an interview this morning for a part-time medical technologist position. It should work out really well if I get it. It'll be 3 days per week and about 3 hours per day. It's at the college and will mostly be during the school year so I won't have to worry about daycare for Ted most of the time. I should hear back next week.

T-ball comes to an end...

The t-ball season ended with a tournament last night and today. Bob took Ted last night since the game started later than normal (6:45 instead of 6). Bob called to let me know that Ted decided to bat left-handed instead of right like he's done all season. It worked for him. He was able to hit from the coach pitches each time. They won their game last night so they played at 11:30 today. The other team was really good and the first couple innings were tough for our team. They really pulled together after that and did ok, though. They lost but they had fun and had some good plays.

They had a party at a park with a water splash pad this afternoon. Ted was in the water quite a bit, Harry stayed on the edge of it most of the time, and Nate soon decided to check it out for himself. He went into the middle of it all and I hoped that I wouldn't have to go get him in case he got scared. The water was a little cold so I don't think he liked that part of it but he was clapping when the water turned on so otherwise he liked it. The kids all had fun and they even played some more baseball at the park with a few of the dads. There weren't too many kids who made it but it was still a nice party to end the season. Our kids were exhausted when we got home. They watched a little SpongeBob and relaxed and soon got ready for bed.

How to play t-ball in the house

Normally, we have a rule of no playing ball in the house. We play with little balls when the boys are toddlers. This morning I was taking care of a few things and turned around to see this. Can you tell his older brother plays t-ball? I think he had a little help but with how observant he is, he probably figured out a lot of it on his own.

1. Get large plastic container. The old animal cracker container from Sam's works great. We've been putting small toys in it so those work as a weight and make it sturdier for the tee.

2. Put blow up soccer ball on top of container. It's soft so Mommy might not worry about it breaking things or hurting people.

3. Get ladle from kitchen drawer. Look for it if you already took it out yesterday. If Mommy finds it first, distract her with picking up other things so she forgets about it.

4. When Mommy turns away for just one minute, swing the ladle at the soccer ball. Look as cute as can be when she sees you playing ball in the house.

Renaissance Festival--part 3

Last of the pictures from the festival

Renaissance Festival--part 2

More pictures from the Renaissance festival.

Renaissance Festival

We went to the Renaissance Festival in Larkspur on July 5th. We stayed in the Comfort Suites in Castle Rock for 2 nights so we wouldn't have to drive as much. We went to a park and watched some fireworks on the 4th. All of the boys loved those. Nate fell asleep toward the end but he clapped a couple times to show he enjoyed them.

The boys did really well with all the walking at the festival. Harry got to ride in the stroller part of the time since Nate fell asleep in the Mei Tai but he still walked quite a bit. Harry's favorite part was riding the cow in the petting zoo area. Ted also rode the cow. Ted's favorite part was a joust ride. He had to try to get the ring. He only had one shot at it and didn't get it but it was still fun. We watched some jousting, the boys rode a butterfly ride (powered by a person), we fed some goats, saw some glass blowing and ate some good food.