Mallory, oh Mallory! You can’t just smile for a picture.
(granted these were just test shots but COME ON!)
Year: 2017
And then the summer was over
Here I sit on my deck, under my infrared heater and cafe lights, with Jimmy Buffett softly playing in the background and the sound of the high school football game in the distance. Rick & Carson are at the game, Mallory is still at camp (two more sleeps!) and I am enjoying a brief “silent retreat” :-)
We had a crazy busy summer (and spring!) full of baseball and softball. I counted up the games – 123 games played by the kids on their combined six teams (two travel, two spring Little League, one summer Little League and one summer All-Star) …
Poser
This is how Carson fell asleep last night. Pencil in hand, workbook open.
When I showed him tonight he accused me of putting the pencil and book there after he fell asleep.
Oh ok.
Mother’s Day 2017
I’m sitting on the couch, listening to the oven cook my bacon, the dogs are curled up next to my chair, the boys are trying to quietly play MLB Baseball on the XBox and Mallory is still sleeping, hopefully (she’s come down with a spring cold and needs some rest).
It’s Mother’s Day. We are eyebrow high in the season of softball and baseball games. Amazingly the kid’s travel team tournament schedules haven’t conflicted so it hasn’t gotten too crazy (yet!). We’ll see what happens this summer if Mallory makes the all-star team again – might have some issues then. But …
A lull
Another blog post on this lonely blog of mine, another blog post of me starting with “man I wish I wrote here more often”.
After many months of being very busy, we are in a lull right now. The kids still have indoor baseball and softball practices for their travel teams but swim is ramping down and spring ball hasn’t started yet. We have occasional nights off from activities but tonight it’s just Mallory & me at home; the boys are at Carson’s baseball practice.
The only sounds in my house right now are hysterical laughter from Mallory (who is watching some …
Dog Bed
It was really nice of the dogs to let Mallory sleep in her bed with them last night.