I found out we have a ‘new’ trail near our house. It is called the beach trail. It leads to the beach! I told the boys and they wanted to go on it – immediately!
After a mile, here is what we saw!
They were SO excited!!!
I love that this in just in our ‘backyard’! We plan to go back. The boys want to wear their swim trunks and swim in the water at our beach. We’ll see…
I’ve been so behind on blog postings, but after the birthday party at the Zoo, we got admission into the Zoo. So, Mason and I had a fun day at the Zoo, just the two of us.
Checking out the gorillas.
Rhino
He loves tigers, wish I had gotten a better picture of him seeing them. His enthusiasm when he saw them was so fun to watch!
BEAR! (Looks close, doesn’t he!)
Lion! We had to get the lion pictures, because Hagen loves lions!
They have an area in the Zoo that you can buy bird feed and feed the birds. This always seems to be a hit or miss opportunity. Either the birds have had food shoved at their faces forever and they have no desire to eat anything, or every bird that is hungry has hordes of children shoving their stick of food at the birds mouths and you have to elbow your way into one of the crowds in the hopes that the one hungry bird will start to nibble on your stick food long enough for mom to get a picture. Such a joyous fun. And Mason wanted to partake.
We got lucky after a few minutes.
And like always, it was worth it to see his sweet, excited face!
I sent this picture to Jeremy and he thought the bird was sitting right beside him (he couldn’t tell there was a glass between them!).
PeNgUiNs!!
Train ride
Our last stop was the cheetah.
I love the days I get one on one time with them. Mason and me together at the zoo = perfection.
I read a blog of a mom that has a set of boy quads. They were born in February of the same year as my boys. So, her boys are one month older than my boys.
She said something in one of her posts that hit me – like a ton of bricks. Our boys will be under our roof, in our care, until they are 18. So, if they are 6, 1/3 of their time with us is already gone. Like that. Over, 1/3 of their most precious childhood is over. BAM.
We have only so much of their childhood to teach them, mold them, and shape them. 1/3 of that time is gone, over, done.
It made me start thinking about those times they are playing outside and I want to stay in to get the dishes done or they want to read another book and I tell them it is already past bedtime. 1/3, that’s it.
Now, I’m focused on the other 2/3s. Let’s make this other 2/3s count… This 2/3rds they will certainly remember – the good, the bad, the ugly, all of it.
We started baseball shortly after our soccer season started. So far, we had one hectic day and one day that could have been hectic – but thanks to a rainout, turned out not too bad.
The boys have enjoyed playing a second sport. Baseball is taking some getting used to, though. This is the first sport that during batting, everyone looks at them. I think Hagen really felt the ‘pressure’ while everyone watched. He is getting used to it. He is starting to get an awesome throwing arm. Mason just likes to hit and is proving to be quite the hitter…. if we can just keep his hands out of the dirt when he is in the outfield!
They just look so cute in their baseball uniforms.
I don’t know how we have managed it… but we have been SO lucky with our coaches. The boys’ baseball coach is great. His son is also in Hagen’s class. We have so many dads that get out and help during practice and the games. It is so awesome.
One of my favorite pictures from their first game.
Mason makes contact with the ball.
Here is Hagen batting.
Mason making contact again with the ball.
Mason taking off for first base.
A little pep talk between innings.
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At the end of the game, the high fives and good jobs with the other team.
I love this…
And, that’s a wrap.
I’m loving baseball season so far.
