Less Words Wednesday

Seems like a good day to clean out the file that has random pics that haven't yet made it to the blog. There's plenty that never do, but some just linger until I dump them into a random post like this.

No privacy with this one around. He's patiently stalking someone while they are using the bathroom.

Miles snuck this note in my lunch box the other day. I keep it in my desk drawer now so I randomly see it.

Carson took a nap at Stephanie's house the other day while Miles played baseball. I was hoping he would sleep most of the time and he did just that for over 3 hours. Who wouldn't sleep well here???

Carson threw the cup holder from his car seat out his car window tonight at church. It landed underneath the car next to us. Luckily it didn't hit the car. Miles had to get it out using his bat. Never a dull moment with Carson.

When Carson was hanging out with Stephanie over the weekend, he got to play with her sister's dog.

As cute as this dog is and as cute as it is to see Carson playing with him, I can't go back to that kind of responsibility. Never again, and I mean that literally.

A game of hide and go seek. It's fun to see Carson grow up a little and be able to play with Miles. It's never the most challenging game with Carson, but they still have fun :)

Carson's appetite has really picked up over the last week. This belly is what 8 chicken nuggets, 2 apples (whole apples that is), grapes, and a cereal bar looks like. 

I think Carson is used to getting his picture taken. Maybe more so than the other kids in his class :)

More Pictures from our Weekend

We have two baseball moms that take pictures during almost every game. They post them to our team's Facebook page. It's like having a professional photographer at the games. It's so nice that they do that for us. Between winning the championship and watching Miles capitalize on opportunities at several different positions, it was a great weekend. Forgive me for the picture overload.

This is while he was pitching his first inning. The moms were asking me if I was nervous. I really wasn't at all. He seemed confident, so I think that helped. I was just happy to see him having fun and owning it. This is the look of happiness.

His arm has been hurting him from pitching and this is why....throwing side arm. Darrin is going to work with him and maybe even do a few pitching lessons to help correct his form. When Miles was looking through the pictures, he pointed out that this picture shows exactly what is wrong. I thought that was pretty observant for a 9 year old.

On the second day, he got pulled during the second inning, I think. He hit a kid in the helmet, which was the only kid he hit all weekend. He told me afterwards that he knew when he hit that kid that he was coming out :)

The 9U Hornets win the championship!

Weekend Wrap Up

Miles and I watched Darrin's Friday night game online after Carson went to bed. Somewhere in the middle we moved to my bedroom and then we had a really sweet set up. We both agreed that we should watch games like this even when we are playing at home :)

Saturday morning, Carson slept until 7:30 and then gave us a few more minutes of laying in bed before he was ready to go full speed.

Miles' team had his first kid pitch tournament this weekend. I had no idea this was going to happen, but Miles was the first pitcher. He started walking to the mound and I thought surely he was walking to right field which is where he usually plays, but he stopped at the mound and started warming up. He did a great job and looked so confident up there. He struggles with confidence, so it was amazing to see. I realized that he thrived on the responsibility. 

Throughout the weekend, he pitched twice, spent a lot of innings catching, and also played third base and right field. After a long day of catching yesterday, he said that he did not like it at all and would rather play right field. After a good night's sleep, he ranked the positions favorite to least as pitcher, catcher, third base, and right field. He said he was just tired last night :)

Carson decided he needed to ice his knee. It's hard work being two.

I didn't think Miles was going to be able to get clean after yesterday. He was filthy after three games and most of them in catching gear.

My boys looking sharp for church.

We had more baseball today and finished as champions! They went 4-1 for the weekend. It was a very successful first weekend of kid pitch. I was so surprised at the high level of pitching. Our boys have been practicing and they were ready and so were the other teams. 

I thought the transition from coach pitch to kid pitch would be ugly, but it was so much fun. Of course, winning helps. I think Miles felt very accomplished with the win and his performance, but he was absolutely exhausted. The heat was intense and the new level of play was draining. 

Proud of my boy, but I am beyond tired too. I had a babysitter for Carson all day yesterday, but the single parent thing was still hard. Having Darrin today was great, but it was a long, hot weekend nonetheless. 

Seeing my boy seize the moment and gain some confidence was worth everything.