This and That

We've definitely been keeping busy. The boys do have their down time, but sometimes that turns into them getting into trouble! Nana flew down and spent 9 days with us. She was part of our busy, but normal routine with school, baseball, work and everything else!

Gavin is doing great with Kindergarten. I think it has caught up with him as to how long the days are at school. Sometimes he has a hard time getting out of bed and there are other times when he is ready to go. He is on the go and doesn't complain about his schedule. He has bonded with a few kids in his class and he really likes his teacher. He is very good about telling us what goes on in his class each day. You can tell what they learn about because he puts it into practice. For example, I knew they were going over the five senses. Out of the blue he just tells us what they are! He asks how to spell words and he also will sound words out to try and spell them. Cailean, my dad and I volunteer in his classroom, too. Poor kid! LOL He loves it though. ;-)

Ian is enjoying third grade for the most part. He is taking a liking to Social Studies, which is shocking. Cailean and my dad have been volunteering in his classroom and I start this Friday. Third grade math has been interesting. Things are not taught how they used to be taught, so it has been challenging at times trying to understand their methods. He was pretty excited to have a new classmate and that has been a focus of discussion the last few days.

Baseball has been awesome! We can't say enough good things about the friends we've met through this team and league. Gavin tends to play pitcher and outfield. He did catch for a few innings. Ian tends to play first base and sometimes outfield. Both continue to have a blast and they keep improving. Cailean enjoys being the assistant coach and being right out there with the boys.

Ian started youth group at the Kirk called 3-4-5 Alive. It's for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders every other Sunday afternoon. They'll go on trips, do service projects, etc...just like a youth group. He went last Sunday for the first night of the season.

More than likely they'll join my coworkers on Sunday afternoons (when there is no practice or youth group) playing flag football. That should be interesting!

We're going to be celebrating my grandfather's 90th birthday this weekend at the Backyard Bistro! We'll have just a small group of family together. I'll post pictures.