Month: February 2015

Baseball

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Quinn asked to play baseball this year so we got him signed up with the Thousand Oaks Little League.  This year all the kids had to try out and then the coaches drafted their players.  Nobody is cut and the goal is to spread the talent fairly among the teams.

We were so pleased when we were assigned our coach, Coach Ken.  We had seen him in action last year and he was so good.  The kids seemed to know the skills and the coach was very positive and encouraging.   He also coaches high school football and is a teacher.

Quinn has practice twice a week right now.  The coach is great about setting up different stations for drills so that the kids aren\’t standing in line waiting to hit, throw, etc.  He also encourages the parents to be involved in the practices.

Here\’s Quinn doing a drill with Coach Chris with Coach Don is the way background throwing grounders.

This year they hit from machine pitched balls which has proved to be challenging for Quinn.  Each player takes a turn being catcher.  Here\’s our boy all suited up to catch (with lots of help from Coach Dan).  

We have had to do alot of re-arranging with our schedules to get to practices but so far it\’s been great.  A great coach makes for a great season.

A Weekend in Carlsbad

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We enjoyed a three day Valentine\’s weekend in Carlsbad.  We were originally planning on going to a beach north of us for the weekend but I couldn\’t find any available rooms.  That same day the Beach Terrace Inn in Carlsbad sent an promotional email about Family Valentine\’s Weekend in Carlsbad.  Decision made!
Saturday the temp was in the 80\’s so we planned a beach day and it was pretty glorious.    The view from our room. 

Obligatory sunset shots.

Family selfie on our way to dinner.

We knew we wanted to spend Valentine\’s at the Pizza Port which has picnic tables and is loud and fun.

Sunday we drove down the Pacific Coast Highway and made a stop in La Jolla to see the seals.

It\’s pretty amazing that people are swimming and snorkeling around the coves with the seals and sea lions.

As we headed south all the little beach towns were extremely crowded.  We ended up finding a deli on Harbor Island which is across from the San Diego airport.  We enjoyed our quiet respite.

We had planned to go in to San Diego but at this point we were done and ready to head back to quiet Carlsbad.  A view of San Diego from Harbor Island.

When we got back to our hotel the fog was rolling in.  

It looked like it may burn off.

A view down the beach towards the Carlsbad power plant.  The smoke stack is part of the Carlsbad skyline but is soon going to be torn down and the power plant is moving.

The fog keeps rolling in.

One last look before we head home on Monday.

Our Weekly WrapUp

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Quinn was feeling better after being sick last week but coughed most of the night on Sunday so we decided to keep him home one more day on Monday.  
A sunset view looking east from our backyard.
He finally got back to school on Tuesday.  On Tuesday the previous week he had taken his beloved Pokemon book to school and it disappeared right after lunch.  He was pretty upset when he couldn\’t find it.  Well today we checked in the office and VOILA!!  One happy boy.  The school has since made a new policy of no Pokemon cards at school.  Lots of issues with Pokemon cards disappearing. 
Quinn\’s class is studying all of the continents and currently learning about Africa.  All the kids were so excited to learn some Swahili words.  Quinn was talking about making our own version of a game Africans play called Mancala.  I remembered Don owns that game so we\’ve been playing it alot. 

Quinn\’s 4 am cough alarm was early enough for me to catch a sunrise looking down our street.

Sometimes Quinn asks me to drop him off down the street so he can walk home.  
But not too far down the street.  \”Mom you can go\” he says.

After another night of coughing and no relief in sight I decided to take Quinn to the doctor today.  Good thing because he has bronchitis.  I\’m happy to get him on some meds so he can kick this thing.   Oh, and this boy loves a good hoodie.