Baseball with mama

Monday afternoons Jenn has class and I watch Simon on my own. Yesterday after he woke up from nap we went down to the park and played some baseball. I sat on the grass and pitched while he batted. I'd say 'batter up!' and he would take position and then he would practice swing (what you see below) and then I'd throw the ball. He hit a fair amount of them - I was pretty impressed. And he always went to get the ball, hit or miss, so I got to just sit in the grass and watch him run around. It was a lovely afternoon.

For the very observant, those are new sunglasses. We looked and looked and couldn't find his sunglasses so I finally just gave in and ordered him a new pair. The day they arrived, of course, I found his old pair. Now he has two! 

His stance is actually with more bent knees, but he was confused about the camera coming out.

Practice Swing!

Big blue truck

Making his own big blue truck...

Twins

My boys dressed up like twins... 

So big - Simon batting

First Day at Karmen and Tyler's House

Tuesday Simon got picked up by Karmen and he went to Karmen and Tyler's  house for the day. They went to the beach, then went back home and had a quick bath before lunch and nap. Simon napped relatively well in the new strange place - slept almost an hour. Then they played some more and Karmen dropped him back off at our place. He was SO tired when he got home, and pretty clingy with us. It was the first time he's really spent a whole day away from the house and not been with someone he knows well. But it's definitely good for him! 

BGB Update: Hiccups

Baby Girl Basque has had a serious case of hiccups all morning. She is really calm about the whole situation... I only feel the hiccup and very little other movement so maybe she's sleeping through them? I remember Simon having hiccups pretty regularly and he would thrash about which made me think he hated it. This is one of the first times I've felt her hiccups and it is so calm it took me a while to figure out what it was. Still feels pretty darn weird!

Football Sunday

Alan and Simon had a Football Sunday. First they watched some of a game (green bay because Simon slept through the bears). Even though they only watched for a short time (30 min maybe?) Simon saw a couple touchdowns. Afterward they went outside and played some football. First they practiced catching. Simon was doing great (below series of pictures is him catching the ball) and when I switched to video he stopped catching, of course. It was a great time with lots and lots of laughing. 

Daddy throws...

Lands right in his hands and Simon HAS IT!

Before Daddy is even done cheering Simon is ready to keep going.

Daddy and Simon playing catch. Toward the end Alan takes his keys out of his pocket and takes his shoes off. Simon is very confused about that and when the neighbor Doug comes home Simon tells Alan that *he* (Doug) has his shoes on.

After a long talk with Mary and some more catch, the game evolved to throwing, running, passing and laughing... With an occasional tackle thrown in. 

Here are some of them watching the game... Simon was pretty entranced by the whole thing. Mouth open was the normal expression.