Father's Day Sunday June 15, 2008

Today was Father's Day!  Hayden is so blessed to have a Daddy that loves hanging with him and doing all the special things Daddies and sons do.  They are so great together.  Most of the time I think they are just two peas in a pod!  We got up this morning and went to church.  That is always a special time for all of us.  Hayden loves Sunday School at the new church and Harold is very much enjoying the service we attend.  I have to tell you all of that makes this Mom / Wife very happy.  Hayden had gifts for Harold this morning.  He was most tickled that he gave his Daddy underwear.  (Can you just hear him snickering now?)  He also gave Harold a watch that says "My Dad My Hero".  Harold had not worn a watch in a long time but he sure is proud of this one.  Hayden also gave him a money clip with a little boy engraved on it and his name.  There is a nice inscription on it too but for the life of me right now I cannot remember what it is.  :-)

 

After church I took Hayden to the swimming pool to give Harold a little break to just rest and enjoy his Father's Day.

 (out little fish)

Of course the day was not over then.  We went to the Travelers game and Harold and Hayden got to go on the field and play catch.  They both loved it.

We, of course, stayed for the Travs game.  Hayden did the game "Fish or No Fish" with Aaron and Brent.  He thought he was as big as they were.

All in all I think it was a wonderful Father's Day for a great dad!

 

 

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Free Baseball

Free baseball -- this is what we had last night at the Travs game.  The game went 16 innings.  Yes, we stayed until the bitter end.  It was a messy game most of the time.  I think there were seven errors between the two teams (and truth be told probably some of the hits should have been counted as errors).  Here are 10 things we learned last night:

(1)  Yes Hayden does actually get tired at ballgames from time to time.

(2)  NWA and Springfield was postponed because of rain ALL night long

(3)  Clouds can go from beautiful at 6:15 to downright scary around 11 pm

(4)  At midnight the reported scores from the Major League quit being scores and start being the time for the games to start THAT DAY

(5)  The die hard fans always remain the same

(6)  You will sing take me out to the ballgame twice when there are 16 innings

(7)  Mr. Robert will gets loads more plastic bottles than he might like when the game is over five hours long.......

(8)  You will get the sillies sitting that long at a sporting event

(9)  You will unexpectedly cheer for a relief pitcher you NEVER thought you would (might have something to do with #8 above)

(10)  You will realize even more that hanging with your baseball family is an AWESOME way to spend your time

 Hayden and Ryan

Dana, Hayden, Katie

 

Can you tell how happy he is for having been on the field with Ryan?

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Baseball Practice June 12, 2008

Why would we be annoyed about baseball practice you might ask yourself....  Well, first off only five players of a 13 member baseball team showed.  (One we knew about and understood, he was really under the weather).  We also understand that things come up, folks go on vacation, there are other commitments but you know ... well, let me get off my soapbox (for a minute anyway) -- don't like to venture too far from it.  Second, with so few players and the heat, practice was only 30 minutes long.  That was actually okay with me (other than I was getting some fairly decent photos).  Hayden did not like it at all though.  He wanted to be out there playing -- there is nothing like baseball................

 Shagging fly balls for the older team

 Eye on the ball.............

 

From serious to silly in less than 10 seconds.....

 

Bad hop .. got him right in the mouth

 Not going to cry though

 Such form...

 Oops

 Still being tough..but it hurt.....

 

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Hanging out at the pool

The neighborhood swimming pool is a favorite place for Hayden this summer.  So many of his friends go there and besides he just loves being in the water.  (On top of that he has seen Mrs. Parker there.  How cool is that?)  Most times I hang out in the pool with him but yesterday I took my camera and just had fun taking photos of him.  He has gotten much more comfortable in the water in just the two weeks or so we have been going to far this year.  He took swimming lessons last summer and that has really helped with being able to do some of the things he wants to do and play likes he likes to play.  So far this year, the slide is our favorite part of the pool experience.

 

yes, that's a tattoo on his belly.  Ask me how proud I am he put it there?

 

 

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SummerQuest 2008

Hayden has been attending Summer Quest this past week.  He will attend next week as well.  He is loving it.  School is great when you only have to go for 3 hours a day.  (He thinks they might be really on to something here).  He has such fabulous teachers and the best part was he got to see Mrs. Parker the first day there (and I am sure has stalked her out every day since).  His first session of the day is the Magic School Bus.  It is based on the book series for kids.  He is ALL about that.  They have been learning about the earth and you know that is way cool.  One night Hayden came home and told us that they had to take a rock to school the next day for Mrs. Norman in that class.  So....I got him a rock.  Well, as you might guess, many of the kids brought more than one rock....yes, I heard all about that.  The second class is Dynomite Dinosaurs.  We are liking that one too.  One of the other first grade teachers from Hayden's school is teaching it.  The first day Hayden was a bit excited about the book she was reading and kept "sharing information" about each page.  Finally Mrs. Stafford had to ask "Hayden are you going to let me read this book?"  I am happy to report that the second day after classes, Hayden called to tell me about his day and said that he had a great day and "Yes, I left her read the book".  :-)  (Now why would he think I was going to ask him that question).  We are excited that Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Ware suggested he take this 2 week session because Hayden is really enjoying it and learning lots too.  I have no photos of him there but will share a couple of him just because I love taking photos of him.

 

(Who would have ever thought he might have long legs?)

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Rained Out Ballgame Monday June 9, 2008

Ever wondered what a high-strung six year old looks like when his baseball game gets canceled for rain?  Well, wonder no more.....

Then after you realize Mom is taking pictures of you, this is what you do if you are six.........

Then when you realize that your face might be showing just a bit, you do this......

Oh, the trials and tribulations of a six year old boy....................

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Checking out other baseball facilities

We took Hayden out to see the pitching machine league in Maumelle tonight.  He was too funny.  As soon as we got out there, a child stole second base (they cannot steal in the league Hayden is in).  Hayden looked at Harold with such big eyes and said "Oh my word, they can steal out here!"  Then he told me that he wanted to play out there next year.  I asked him how he could know that already and he said because "stealing is so fun".  Then he reflected and said "Well I've never actually done it but I bet it feels good!"  What a mess.  When he talked to Poppaw tonight, he said "Poppaw - they hit the ball a LOT and they get to steal".  You could just hear the excitement in his voice.

Goodnight to everyone!