2016 – Smells Like Popsicles

Once upon a time…

Carson brought home a large folder of writing assignments this past week. I transcribed each page in case you can’t read 7-year old boy spelling/handwriting – I’ve only corrected misspellings for your benefit but be sure to read his actual writing.

Once upon a time there was a buckeye and it had 3 little buckeyes. Then the buckeye sent the three little buckeyes out to make a house of their own. So they were off.
The first little buckeye made his house out of Spartans. Soon a big bad Wolverine came by and said “little buckeye, little buckeye, let me in.” …

Carson, Football, Mallory

Michigans Woman Up Front

It’s no secret that the band is one of my favorite things about football game days. My kids share my love of the band and the excitement the band adds to the football gameday experience.
This year, the Michigan Marching Band has a female drum major. The kids & I ran into her when we were walking out of the stadium a few games ago and I got witness Mallory be a little shy for the first time in a long time (she’s normally very irreverent).
How stinking cute are they?

Go Blue.

Carson, Football, Mallory

Saturday in East Lansing

Carson has been begging to go to an away game this year. With only four options, one being not remotely an option (in Columbus) and another being a plane ride away (at Rutgers) and another being the same weekend as the kids big swim meet (at Iowa), that left the game in east Lansing as the only opportunity. I’ve been to EL before. They aren’t usually very nice. I’ve taken the kids before and the fans still aren’t nice (one time I asked the dude behind me to watch his language because of the kids and he told me I …

Mallory

Softball – 2016

After taking a few months off (due to a certain leg fracture and subsequent rehab), Mallory was ready to get back on the ballfield this spring.
She played little league in the spring and come the end of the spring, our girl was chosen for the Dexter All-Star team!! The team would represent Dexter Little League in the state tournament, starting with Districts, then Sectionals and then States.
All of us parents had watched our kids play all spring so we didn’t have very high hopes for the all-star run.
They practice four nights a week for a month, played a couple of …

stb

My dad

Carson

Baseball on his brain

When you love baseball like this kid, I guess it’s normal to want to sleep in your dirty baseball hat?

Carson

Summer Baseball Tournament

Keeping with the “this is our life” theme of pictures, I figured I’d show you what Carson has going on in my living room/computer room/playroom/dog cage room.
He’s got a baseball tournament going on with his baseball guys. He has three teams – Blue, Orange and “Gloe” (glow in the dark) and he made a bracket for it. You can see that there will be a “champean” at the end.

I made the mistake of asking him if he wanted me to print him out a real bracket for his tournament so now he doesn’t use his handdrawn one, unfortunately.

Anyway, the field …

Mallory

All-Star

Mal-Star has become a big fan of playing softball. She played on a travel team this past fall/winter/spring, and then did Little League in the spring, and then last month she and 12 of her softball buddies were selected for the “all-star” team to represent Dexter Little League at Districts next weekend.
She fancies herself a pitcher but with that little issue with her knee in the winter, she got behind with pitching lessons and stuff so we just started those back up. Pitching lessons are good because she was trying to pitch like the Michigan softball pitchers which doesn’t really work …

Carson, stb

I feel old

I’m old. Not really OLD old but I feel like I’m old for having a 1st grader still (compared to my son’s friends’ parents). But most of the time I don’t really feel as old as I am. I remember being little and looking up to my older cousins (who are like 15 years older than me). When I was like 10 and they were getting married I was like OMG they are SO old (like 25?). And then when I was in college and my cousins were married with kids and I’d go visit them and think OMG they …

coops, Marlo

Cuddle Buddies

Super Coop just turned 11 and Marlo just turned 1. Cooper is so patient when the puppy curls up next to him.
The binder clip near Marlo’s tail is a result of my messy house, not a form of canine punishment.

Smells Like Popsicles

All About Mallory & Carson

Year: 2016