Opposites

This morning Matt was eating his cereal with his "hole" lambie on his head. This disgusting, constantly wet and dirty blanket is always by his side. It smells and is immune to the powers of bleach. Matt absolutely loves him though.

While eating breakfast, Matt was asking me about opposites. The conversation went on forever and was slightly ridiculous. But since Matt was especially cute this morning I indulged him. Here is our conversation...

Matt: Mama, what is the opposite of moon?

Me:   Sun
Matt: What is the opposite of left and straight?
Me:   Right and curvy
Matt: What is the opposite of park?
Me:   Um, drive?
Matt:  Good! What is the opposite of snowman?
Me:   Sandcastle?
Matt: (eyes rolling) No, Mama. It's melt.

Basketball

Jack makes his first basket

St Barnabas has a basketball program that allows kids to practice with local high school students once a week and play games every Sunday. The high school students work with the kids to not only be a good ball player but to study hard in school and to be a good teammate. I love it when Jack comes home from practice to repeat everything that he has learned. He has such a love for the game.

Baseball

Baseball season is in full swing. Both boys are in Ridge/Beverly but they are on two separate teams playing at two separate parks. I just like to keep life interesting. Thank goodness for friends. I can always count on a mom to help with carpool, to add on another set of baseball shoes to their shopping trip or to have a kid to play with one of mine as the other plays.

Jack is loving baseball. He has the same coach from last year and many of the same players. The team is very focused and seems to have a lot of fun. We still do not keep score but players can tag each other out. Everyone seems to be understanding the game better and it is fun to watch.







Matt's team has a great coach but these 4 and 5 year olds get a little bored after about an inning. Matt is a great player but soon, he wants to play tag or will just start talking to players on the other team. Matt doesn't like to pass up a potential new friend.

Audrey's One!

Our little Audrey turned one in April. I am not sure if it is possible to get any cuter but Audrey seems to do just that every time I see her. Matt was in her face practically the whole day and all she did was smile and laugh. She sat with her great grandparents, played with her toys, cuddled with me and enjoyed her day. The rest of the week, anytime Matt saw a baby he would say "Awe, she looks like an angel. Just like Audrey!"

As tradition, when a birthday rolls around, we always remember the day that person was born. I vividly remember the day Audrey was born. I waited all day for her to come and finally at bedtime I got the call from Griffin that they had a little girl. I instantly felt so excited. My mom and I thought we would wait to go visit but I all of a sudden felt I needed to see her now. The next morning, I sent Jack to school and Matt and I drove with my mom to see Audrey. The drive to Milwaukee felt like 5 minutes and soon I had Audrey in my arms. She was everything I thought she would be - so cute and so sweet. I can't believe a year has already passed. Happy birthday, Audrey! We love you!

Another Year Older

In April, Terry had his 36 birthday. As we do every year, the kids and I made him his favorite dinner - Chicago deep dish pizza and red velvet cake.

It was fun to sit down as a family and enjoy dinner together. After we sung happy birthday, Matt got it in his head that it was also his birthday and he declared himself 5 years old. He would not believe otherwise and insisted he was now five.  Luckily, after five minutes, he was back to being 4 again.