Barnes' First Tball Practice!

Barnes had his first Tball practice this past Thursday!!! I think I was more excited than he was! I was ready for him to meet the team and well just get to play with kids his age. All but 2 team members showed up so I thought that was pretty good...

Barnes was decked out in his "real" baseball pants and jersey. He was making me hot just looking at him! But he would NOT have it any other way! Nothing was missing...he had his cap, helment, batting gloves, cleets, socks, and of course pants and jersey. This boy is going to put me in debt buying this stuff! But when it comes to my baby, I don't care!

Anyways, Zack is the coach...period. I will say no more. However...I (the moma) have been doing most of the coaching at home...calling parents, dealing with parents, dealing with coaches, setting up practices, ordering uniforms.....and well you name it, I have and am still doing it.... But I won't complain.

He is playing at Baldwyn this year because they have to be 5 to play in Booneville, which by the way I think is CRAZY! So we will make an exception just this year.... and hopefully he can play at 4 in Booneville. I just want him to be around children his age and learn who he will be going to school with. I know right now it is good for him to be around those that he will attend The Honey Tree with. Believe it or not, Barnes had an experience with some MEAN kids at Shannon where moma teaches and well lets just say he and I both were in tears. I won't go into detail but the MOMA came out in me that day, and it was NOT a good one. When your child comes up to you and says "Mommy I can't make friends, and they won't play with me..." with tears rolling down his cheeks...I had no idea what to say. What I wanted to say was NOT good! Needless to say those kids were horrible. How does a 3 year old know that he can't make friends?? Where did he learn this? All I could do was get mad and cry. I mean, how did I make my first friends? I cannot remember..... I just remember having LOTS of them. And all I could think about the rest of the day was.... will my baby not have friends? I was so upset. I am such a worry wart but this one topped it off. Nothing makes me more angry then someone picking on MY child. Oh, I was one HOT moma....But we did end up finding one nice little boy to play with Barnes and he survived the rest of the afternoon.

Anyways back to Tball, I just want Barnes to have fun and make friends...I sound like Mr. Rogers, but I do...He is finally attending Sunday School by himself thanks to Mrs. Liz who Barnes adores! She invited him one day and he walked right in!!! The boys are a year older than Barnes but he hangs right in there with them! And now he loves to go every Sunday. I am SO thankful fo that!

As for the Red Sox Tball team... I can't wait for our next practice! It was so much fun! Here are some pics!!

He is getting TOO BIG!

Making friends with Maddox. This is Shanna McCarley's little boy. She and I were friends at this age! Barnes said "I wike (like) Maddox"! Yay!

Another lefty!!

I hope they become good friends!!!

Walking to first base!

Our team ready to run the bases!

Coach Zack...

Bon Bon helping Barnes get the ball!

Running bases with Maddox!!

Okay this one makes me cry... my little baseball player!

Jackson is 1!!!

Okay so I know this is a REALLY late blog but I was going through pictures on my camera and absolutely HAD to blog about my Jack Jack turning ONE! By the way...I have got to get pics developed....I have pictures on my card from last year (like before Thanksgiving) that I haven't developed yet! I know... I know... I have got to get on the ball!

Anyways, back to Jack Jack....I really wish this crappy printer over here would scan his invitation because it was priceless! I have it in front of my desk at work....even though he has bulldog tatoos on both little cheeks! I just love him!

The party was at Maggie and Seth's on March 20 after Jackson was baptized that day. Now I really wish I had pictures of that! He kept reaching for us in the audience. My kids did the same so...But anyways, the party was GGGGreat! We had so much fun and there were tons of people there! Here are the pics. Hope you enjoy!

P.S.This poor baby is actually getting to eat REAL food now...Thank the Lord!

It's been a while....

I don't even know where to start....it has been way too long since I blogged! The only exciting news I have is....Barnes is pooping in the potty for GOOD!! Yay yay yay!!!! We've been potty trained for a year but that poopin' mess was a different story. But for some reason it just clicked with him while my mom was staying with us during spring break!

Speaking of spring break...Zack was gone to Minnesota for the week for business and the kids and I and moma and baby Jackson had a slumber party every night! Too much fun. I will post my camera pics of those days at a later time. However the pic you will see below of Ella Kate is her passed out on the floor from being played out! And plus I came home to a house destroyed and covered in toys so I cleaned until midnight and she could not keep up any longer! She does that all the time...if she is just dead tired, she will sleep anywhere that she has her silky and "muck" (milk)!

The other night we were visiting Seth and Maggie and Jackson, and Jackson was in the bathtub. He immediately tried to pull Ella Kate in with him! So... she got in and they had a blast! Oh and they began a hitting war....Jackson hit EK and the she would hit him back and so on!! TOO funny. I can't wait until they get older. Little mother hen is going to keep that baby straight!! ha!

Hope the pics are fun! I have major homework to do... and by the way...I hate school!!

These are a couple from our slumber parties! Jackson is in Ek's baby's stroller!

Play time!

Well just to let you know that after my horrible experience last Saturday, I needed some fun time! That is, the fun time I had planned until the kids and I had a wreck! Yep....a wreck...and with a suspected terrorist! OMG!! Yep...pretty crazy. The kiddos were okay, I was just shaken up a little and well, the poor Ford Fusion got a little damaged. Nevertheless, I walked away with minor scraps and burns but thank the good Lord  my babies were not hurt!

Anyways, back to play time....Zack and the kids and I went to the park here in Booneville and had some much needed family time! We haven't had that in a while! Barnes of course thought park=baseball, soccer, football, and well every other sport too...so he and Zack played ball while I tried to keep up with Ella Kate in the maze of tunnels at Kid's Town! I used to be able to squeeze through all that mess, but...well it don't work that way now! lol! Needless to say we had a GREAT time. Hope you enjoy the pics!