Olivia's latest obsession....

Getting fingernail decorating ideas from PINTEREST! Maybe I shouldn't have introduced her to this addictive website at such a young age, but what's done is done, and I enjoy this time with her.  She's so sweet :).

Watermelons!

White polka dots :)

 Pink Zebra :)

Our afternoon runneth over!

After school stop 1: Tee Ball Game

 Stop 2: a short cut down a dirt road so Tyler and Olivia could practice their driving skills

 and #3: a picnic in the living room. Hot Dogs and Fritos.... I know, there goes my mother of the year nomination. That big hotdog beside Tyler is a Comdiment holder.  There are 3 sections in there for mustard, ketchup, and relish, and when you press the button to open it, it says "Hot Dogs, Get your Hot Dogs!" and a few other things.  Tyler loves that thing :).

In front of Second Base

Tyler has been playing center field in his last couple of games, but today, he played second base.  I asked him after the game how he liked playing second base. His response "I like playing in front of second base better than behind second base."  He was so funny to watch.  He was striking up conversations with every runner from the other team.  It was too cute :).  We joke that he's running for mayor.

a couple of things...

I made a "stay put" towel! Thank you Pinterest. I have the stuff to make 2 more, just haven't done it yet :-(

 After instructing Tyler to go clean his room, I was surprised at how long he stayed in there without my hearing any cars crashing or him coming back to ask for help. I decided to check on him, and found THIS: (it really reminds me so much of my style of cleaning.... I get easily distracted by the things I find! LOL)

A picnic and a surprise :)

The kids and I stopped on the way home from school for pizza and watermelon :). We decided to have a picnic in the garage since it was raining on the deck and we were waiting on daddy to get home :).

 And what a wonderful surprise!!! Daddy came home with presents... new four wheeler helmets WITH FLAMES (this is a huge deal for Tyler). We wouldn't let the kids get their four wheelers out, so they just rode their bikes to try out the new helmets :).

Later on that night, I guess Tyler was getting on Olivia's nerves, because she came in the living room with a sign sying "NO Tyler in My Room! Olivia's Room".  I let her hang it on her door.... lol

 

Camping

My parents bought a camper a few weeks ago, and decided the whole family should participate in their first camping excursion.  Mom and Dad set up their camper and were at the central location for the weekend :). Junior and I slept in one tent, Olivia and Tyler slept in another tent, and Lindsey and Matt slept in their tent. It wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be, sleeping on an air matress in a tent, so that was a positive. But, the best part was that the kids had a TOTAL BLAST! Tyler was NON STOP from the moment he got out of the car.  He was riding his bike around, playing in the fire, throwing rocks in the lake, you name it! He was in hog heaven being outside for the whole weekend!!! And Olivia was in hog heaven having plenty of grown ups to play uno with her :).  LOVE THAT CHILD!

 We had a great time exploring the campground on bikes :)

 We even found a log over a ditch that the kids walked across (I stood in the ditch to help them across)

 You can sort of see Tyler coming up the trail from the lake :) He went up and down about a million times!

It was a really great weekend :).

Opening Day

Its finally here! Tyler's first ever tee ball game :).  We were very excited :).  There was a parade before the game, which was pretty boring, but the kids enjoyed it and it was kind of cute :).

Waiting for the parade to start :) SO CUTE!!!

 He wanted to save his energy for the game after the parade, so he caught a ride on Daddy's shoulders :)

 Ladies and Gentlemen.... THE REDBIRDS!!!!!!!!

 Batter up! His first official at bat :)

 Two thumbs up for making it all the way around the bases!