Play Ball

Baseball is his passion, his drive, his motivation. It is why he gets out of bed in the morning. (That, and he is starving again.) Baseball is his everything right now, he loves it. And he has a great swing!

He makes calls to his oldest brother, cheers him on and calls it likes he sees it. “Big hit, Bo!”

He shouts out play by play moves with actions, “I hit ball…I drop bat….I run.”

The crowd goes wild.

I just know he sees baseball in his future....

Number Six

This little boy...

This little boy.

He knows just how to make everything right in the world.

He does it when he sings “he-e-e-e-e has sent me here…..”

He does it when he reaches his little chubby little hands out and says ‘hold-a-boy’.

He even does it when he looks you right in the eye, grabs your cheeks, and lays a big kiss right on ya!

He knows.

And we. love. him.

At The Zoo

We thought we were going to visit the zoo on a rather slow day, being mid-week and all. We couldn't have been more wrong. Apparently, Spring Break is a perfect time to go to the zoo!

Do you think Farrell heard anything Geoff said?

Anna was the big picture-taker this year. I think she has at least 5 pictures and a video of each animal we saw. That will be fun to look back on, eh?

I can't help but wonder if anyone's fingers have ever been stuck at the bottom of this thing....? and we totally used hand-sanitizer afterwards.

Anna practicing her whistle.

It was our first zoo visit without a stroller -- and it was liberating!

The merry-go-round was a favorite....

...for everyone but David.

More whistling, she is getting really good!

Favorite pictures of this zoo day....

This one says trust. love. curiosity.

This one says it like it is with six children at the end of our visit to the zoo.

Planting Peas

Daddy, let’s go lift some heavy and dirty things, Jacob said when he saw the big tiller in the garden, ready to make the soil look like chocolate cake mix.

Little did I know that planting would bring as much joy as the harvest? It’s in the anticipation, the development, the reward. And it is a family event for us. The kids come home early from bike rides, neighborhood football games and friends houses hoping not to miss out... is it time to plant? they say as they run back to the garden.

We plant when we’re all here.

Jacob was so careful and serious as he planted, as if he was giving direction to each seed. He held this stance as he scooted down the row. Cute little kid!

I asked David if he was dirty, to which he replied: I not dirty, I a boy! --Yes, you are.

Our neighbor asked incredulously, if we really planted seven rows of peas. --Yes, we did!

I think that some of the joy of our planting may come after planting...

--Yes, it does.

Visitors

Look what grew at the base of our old Walnut tree…

Another fairy house. This time she had some LPS stop in for a visit.

He's At It Again

So perfect to look at on this snowy, almost-spring day! :)