Chase's Last T-Ball Game

T-ball season went by really quickly this year. Chase's last few games were rained out, but I happened to have my camera at his final game. He really enjoyed it, and I wish we'd had just a few more games for him to really get to practice what he's learned.
Here he is playing "pitcher." Ok, I know in t-ball there is no pitcher, but all the kids wanted to play that position because most of the balls come to the person playing that position and he gets to throw them to first base. At the last game, Chase finally got to "pitch."

Chase slid into every single base. He saw someone slide at the first game and after that, he slid into every base. By the end of the season, all the kids were doing it. Half the time they never even touched the base with their foot -- it was all just about getting dirty.

Cole's Days at the Ball Park

While Chase is playing t-ball, Cole has a ball playing with the other boys his age who have brothers on the team. They run up and down the bleachers (I've learned that Cole can tuck and roll when falling down bleachers and escape virtually unharmed) and drive whatever cars/trucks/trains they've brought with them that day on the benches.




When I looked up and saw him crawling along like this, he was talking out loud to himself about something and it reminded me of that scene in the Breakfast Club when Judd Nelson/Bender is crawling on top of the ceiling telling a joke. I just had to take a picture...

Another Fishing Trip

Chase didn't get to go with his dad on this fishing trip, but he still wanted his picture taken with the fish:

Easter in June

Chase & Cole stopped by to bring something to dad at work last week. They LOVE going to see dad at work. Both dad and Uncle Brian have a drawer in their desk FULL of really cool candy samples, and Chase & Cole both learned at an early age where those drawers are and make a mad dash for them as soon as we get there. So on this particular trip, they found their treasure outside of PawPaw's office: a stash of leftover chocolate rabbits from Easter. They asked PawPaw if they could have some, and despite the fact that I was shaking my head no and waving my arms wildly (or maybe because of it...), Paw Paw sent them home with one large chocolate rabbit each. They thoroughly enjoyed their Easter in June:

Celebrating the King of the Lawn Mower

Sunday, for Father's Day, Chase and Cole got up VERY early and were ready to start celebrating. We ran to pick up doughnuts and chocolate milk (that's what the boys insisted their dad would want) before he woke up, and they made cards for him. They also made him a crown out of grass-patterned paper (because he's the king of the lawn mower) and they made little crowns to put on his doughnuts.
Then, being boys, they took him to Hooter's for lunch (when Chase was little, I went out of town for work and Charles brought him to Hooter's for dinner. Chase thinks it's THE best restaurant ever because they gave him a balloon). I thought he should wear his crown to Hooter's, but the boys didn't want it to get damaged and he conveniently "forgot" it at home. Some pics:

The one that didn't get away

After spending the last couple of days of summer camp home sick, Chase and I were both a little stir crazy. Chase felt good enough today to get out and fish a little. Within about 2 seconds, he had caught this one:
Thankfully he knew it was too small to keep and didn't put up a fight. He was so proud of his fish, though, and didn't want to throw it back until I took a picture.

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