Season Opener

Beautiful day today! Here's the first pitch...

Poker face

Door signs

Every few days a new sign goes up on the kids door. Kenzie's is usually friendly, but clear:



Mason's was a little more abrupt, but clearly influenced (and by that I mean written) by his sister:



Then a new sign was overlaid on top of the one written by Kenzie. This one is not Kenzie's handwriting, and she says she didn't do it. Mason claims it as her own, but we're a little suspicious....Grandpa??

Gymnastics

Kenzie can "almost" do a cartwheel now. She loves gymnastics. Told me that she wishes he had it every day. I asked about basketball. She said, "nah, it's just about right" (at once a week).

Sunday sundaes

Best neighbor Ed brought us all (fat free) ice cream sundaes.

Fuzzy bear

This is the best shot that I got...I was also scrambling for the video camera. :)

Bear cub!

Kenzie and Mason spent most of the afternoon playing in the back yard. They came in, I was washing dishes, looked out the window and saw a baby bear right under their swinging bars. I grabbed the camera, shot this video, and then grabbed Kenzie to go back inside!!

Fishing and snaking

We went fishing this morning at a little pond in Snoqualmie with Kelli, Jeff and Emilie. Mason caught a fish. Kenzie didn't, but, not to be defeated, she found another 'better' critter.

Caterpillar schooling

More than you ever wanted to know...

Team sportster

Kenzie and one of her best buds, Olivia, are in basketball together...along with a bunch of boys. We're going to continue to encourage her to play team sports...but she doesn't really love it yet.

Nose update

Mason is fine. Don't think he broke his nose. It's just bruised and his lip is scraped. Swelling has gone down a lot and he only complains when he hits it.

Public art and embarrassment

After the ER last night we looked at the clock and decided we had time to hit the Art Show of Mason's school (which was hosted at Kenzie's school). Each kid had "a wall" with their artwork displayed. Here is Mason's:

I like the barking tiger in particular.

Cute, right? But, wait, what is that typed white piece of paper? I hesitated to post it here... Read it, you'll get it. Don't these teachers show good judgment and censor things that might be a smidge embarrassing to the parents? Heck no, I think they like it. And since it was displayed for all of Issaquah to read, might as well show off to our friends who actually know us. (And, for the record I am not older than Cindy.)

What, you can't read it? Oh well. (Click on it and it enlarges.)

So, what did we do? Of course...we went and read all the other uncensored material. We liked the last part of Ardens' in particular. (Except what's the deal with Toby?)

The cutest part was their partner dance.

...not so cute the next day as I still have that blasted song stuck in my head.

Basketball, t-ball and...

Mason and his buddy Cameron are in a combo basketball and t-ball class. They had four weeks of basketball and are moving into the second half with t-ball.

And, there's always the opportunity for a little wrestling.