When the kids are arguing and fighting and being bratty at/to eachother, my new trick is to make them sit against a wall and hold hands.
Even if we are at baseball.
HAHAHAHAHA.
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Category: Mallory
Henry Hall – 26 years later
Earlier this month, the kids and I finally were able to make the reunion weekend in Ludington with a group of my friends from freshman year at Western. We all lived together in Henry Hall and though I haven’t been great about keeping in touch, thank goodness for Facebook and for Susan for continuing to host this fun weekend.
We got there Thursday night and the kids wasted no time getting in freezing Lake Michigan – even though I forgot Mallory’s bathing suit, she just went in in her shorts & shirt (she really does love the water!). I couldn’t dare …
Dexter Tigers
Kids played machine-pitch baseball this summer and Rick was their coach. Mallory wanted to play softball but little league doesn’t have a summer season, and Carson wanted to play but I couldn’t deal with him playing t-ball again so with Rick coaching, they let the kids play on the same team together. They were both pretty good for Rick – only a few issues with them fighting with each other or their dad ;-)
Mallory’s summer season was affected by a thumbnail that got hit with a pitch off the machine and caused her to lose her nail (following about three …
Swim Swim Swim
One of my favorite things about this summer has been watching Mallory be part of swim team. Swimming has been something that has been up & down for both kids, and in the past Mallory hadn’t been super excited about doing swim team and the necessary swim team meets (I was afraid she inherited my non-sports competitiveness and not her dad’s love of races).
When we realized that we’d have a sitter for this summer, I asked Mallory again if she wanted to try swim team. I was beyond surprised when she said she’d try it out, even though it meant …
C-ya C-stone
So, Rick & I have a pretty sweet little girl. She started 2nd grade in September. Here she is on her first day of second grade, which also happened to be the first day of the last year that she would be at her current school. While checking out this picture, be sure to notice the super awesome cobwebs on our siding on the right side of this picture.
This little 6-yr old girl was missing teeth and didn’t like jeans or tennis shoes. But she was excited about starting second grade.
And then there is this 7-yr old girl. She has …
June 2014. Already?
I feel like I need to explain why my blogging has decreased so dramatically. I think part of it is because my kids are older which means I am spending more time running them around to activities instead of sitting at home while they go to bed easily at 7.30p. Plus because they are older, it’s harder to veg out in front of the television and watch trashy reality TV – since I used to do my best blogging while watching reality TV. I feel it would be irresponsible of me as a parent to let Mallory watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette …
Opening Day 2014
I am so terribly behind on my dear sweet blog. I hate to think about it, but maybe I need to just promise myself to post monthly or something just so I know I am keeping stuff documented!
But the big news this weekend was that we experienced our first Little League Opening Day. I was sooooo excited, and I think the kids and Rick were too. It was chilly but since my kids don’t register cold temps, they were totally fine.
Mallory is playing coach pitch softball – her team is the Dexter Sparklers.
Carson is playing t-ball for the Volcanoes.
Paws – …
The things you find
The things you find on your camera three months later.
This is from the Michigan-Nebraska game in November.
I mean, honestly.
And then there was this one – my dainty children eating cupcakes with a fork. They always have great manners like this.
Bedtime Buddies
Mallory hasn’t asked to sleep in our bed for weeks…ever since Cooper started wanting to sleep on her bed. The dog isn’t usually allowed on the furniture so this is a big huge treat for Cooper.
2014
So…I think I’ve blogged like 5 times in 2013. That’s it. Five times. It might really be a little more than that but it still isn’t very much.
So…here’s where we are now.
MALLORY Mallory is seven. She turned seven in November. She was a little upset she didn’t have the day off of school for her birthday like she did when she turned six. She also didn’t want a birthday party for her 7th birthday, she wants to wait until her 7-1/2 birthday to have a party. But I did end …