Keeping up with the K-Bashes: March 2017

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Tee-Ball

Parker is playing tee-ball this season. It is HILARIOUS. The kids are ages 2-4 on his team. Parents stay on the field with their kids to help them field the balls. The whole line-up bats through and there hasn't been a single out yet. The ball is almost always hit to the pitcher's mound, yet all 9 players seem to run up to it and try to grab it from each other. Same team, people! I also love that Parker does a full 360 when he hits the ball off the tee. ;)

Parker has been enjoying it so far. It's his first team sport. So far, so good.

Here are some pics!

Sydney's Field Trip!

Sydney's whole 2nd grade class headed to Athens to visit the Bear Hollow Zoo a couple of weeks ago. I tagged along and my friend, Leighanne, rode with me as we followed the buses. The weather was great- not too cold, not warm. We basically had the whole place to ourselves, so we could all roam the "zoo" (I use that term loosely) on our own. After seeing the (not very many or exciting) animals, we had a picnic lunch and the kids got to feed the ducks and play on the playground. It was fun!

Sydney and Jordan.

Sydney and Izzy. Reunited, and it feels sooo good!

Feeding the ducks.

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Why, hello March!

Holy cow... how is it mid-March already?? 2017 is FLYING!

Here are some photos that sum up our lives in the past month:

After school snuggle time! (my favorite)

A girl and her dolls.

Parker and Tee Ball:

Gotta love that tongue hanging out!

Dr. Suess' Birthday:

I made green eggs for Taylor's and Parker's class. Mmmmm!

T's teacher sent this of me serving the eggs. Ok, Ok, it's just green pudding and Nilla wafers. Almost had you. ;)

Slingin' dirt!

Watching the Trolls with a big troll.

12 years!

We dined out on the beautiful Covington Square.

Babysitter selfies!

Sydney got us anniversary presents!

Posing with our new gifts.

Teaching at church:

I was a Mexican farmer. Ole!

Basket Raffle:

THIS has been taking up the majority of my last couple of weeks. I'm in charge of the Room Moms at the school, and they are in charge of doing the themed basket for their classes for our annual fundraiser. After many hours of working, wrapping, photographing, transporting items, they are done! Woot.

Dinner with friends... these girls ran into their teacher's husband! They were too shy to say hi.

Parker!

Soccer:

Soccer started back up this past weekend.

Lego Time:

It always seems to be Lego time in our house. (in case you were wondering, those little houses didn't last long. Parker totally knocked them all apart about an hour later. :()

5K/Mile Fun Run

Last weekend, Stephen, Sydney, Taylor and I participated in their school's 5K and Mile Fun Run! Sydney and Stephen did the 5K together, while Taylor and I did the mile run. It was a chilly morning, but there were several friends and teachers that were participating, so the fun crew made up for it... a bit.

The Mile Fun Run was first. Taylor and I waited with the group for the man to say "GO!". And when he did, my faithful running partner took OFF! I mean, full speed ahead, Taylor went! I was trying to catch up to no avail. Finally, towards the end, she slowed up a bit and we finished the race together. You know how fast we were going? We finished a mile in 7:30. I'm such a slow runner that this is like an Olympic record to me.

Next was Sydney and Stephen! They ran down the road the school that our 'hood is off of, going down and turning around to come back. This course is both good and bad. The good part? The first half is almost all downhill. The bad part? The second half is... you guessed it... almost all uphill. It has killed me each time I've run it. I was thinking their time would be like 35-40 minutes. Those two ended up running it in about 31 minutes! They never once stopped to walk. Sydney amazes me with her little athletic ability and drive. Wish I could have some of that. ;)

It was a fun morning!