Back Blogging....Joe's Birthday

On April 22, Joseph Edward turned the Big 5!  His birthday was celebrated on four separate occasions.

On his actual birthday, we went out as a family to a restaurant of his choosing....he chose SUSHI!  The sushi chefs sang him happy birthday and shot us with water guns and spray bottles!

Then we had a Transformers birthday party at the house with all his friends.

Not a big affair.....just 18 or so kids!

The next week we celebrated at school.

Ruby got to join Joe in his birthday snack.

Then we had a family birthday celebration at grandma's.

There was plenty of sugar......

Tons of gifts........

And fun with the cousins on all of grandma's cool toys.

And Uncle Sam wrote and sang him a song about being 5!

(Now just have to learn how to upload videos)

Kindergarten.....Here We Come!

Yesterday I attended Joseph's preschool graduation.  I am so thankful for the wonderful start he got in preschool.  I was never really worried about his academics, but wanted him to learn about the rules and routines of a classroom and how to interact with his peers.  I have seen him grow and mature as a student.  From this little guy, on the first day in August of 2009 (where he ran into the classroom and didn't even say good-bye):

To this big kid, ready to move on to kindergarten in just 12 short weeks:

He has had wonderful teachers and made some great buddies.

We are so proud of him!

So with diploma in hand, regristration completed, immunizations updated, physical and dental paperwork turned in, and teacher request submitted..............kindergarten here we come!



T-Ball Antics

Joe had his first t-ball scrimmage last night.  And if it was any indication we are going to be laughing our way through this season.  Where to begin......
When the other team was at bat, Joe was suppose to be in left field, but as the game progressed he inched his way into the infield.  He spent most of his time alternating between playing in the grass as a ball rolled right past him and running after every ball even if it was on the other side of the field.  He even had a wrestling match with two other boys from HIS TEAM over who would get a ball!  Oh yeah, and right after this picture was taken he started doing the pee-pee dance and Dan had to rush him to a tree or something because there wasn't an available bathroom within a 200 yard radius.

His first time at bat, he walked from the dugout to home plate, hitting his batting helmet with his bat.  So much bravado for such an inexperienced player!  He insists on facing forward when he bats no matter how many times his coaches crane his body to a sideways position. 

 After a swing-miss-twirl with the ball on the tee, he made contact and started running, but before getting to 1st base he threw himself down on the dirt and laid there face down until a coach came and got him up.



I don't know if you can see him laying there.  I was laughing so hard I am surprised I got a shot at all!

When the next boy came up to bat and hit the ball, Joe ran towards 2nd base, but kinda curved past it and went to straight to 3rd.  When the next player came up and hit, Joe just stood on 3rd base until he was lapped by the boy behind him and got a clue that he was suppose to run home!  His second time at bat was a little more conventional, although I cannot for the life of me understand why he thinks he needs to slide into every base and have a dramatic tag.  

 So, if you want to see #8 in a game and laugh along with us, here's his game schedule:

3-5 @ 2pm

3-7 @ 5:30 pm

3-12 @ 1:30 pm

3-14 @ 5:30 pm

3-19 @ 10:30 am

3-21 @ 5:30 pm

3-26 @ 9:00 am

3-28 @ 5:30 pm

4-2 @ 9:00 am

4-4 @ 5:30 pm

4-9 @ 1:30 pm

4-11 @ 5:30 pm

4-16 @ 1:30 pm

4-18@ 5:30 pm

4-25 @ 5:30 pm

You can cheer with Joe as he chants, "T-Ball!  T-Ball!"