Year: 2015

It\’s been 10 days since I\’ve blogged.  I\’m creating a Project Life book for Quinn\’s first year pulling together all the bits and pieces I\’ve saved and putting them in one place.  That\’s been taking up my computer/free time.

So here we go.

Years ago when Quinn was 3?, Ross and Tamara got him this Imaginext set.  He would play with it occasionally and his friends liked it.  It\’s geared for kids 3 – 8.  Lately he\’s been playing with it alot and asked for a Castle set.  Don and I were dubious but I found a good sale on it so we got it for him.

And he plays with this thing non-stop.  For Hours!  And the space shuttle is always included in the mix too, as you can see.  These 2 boys are always begging me for screen time and on this day there wasn\’t a peep about screen time.  Quinn just asked for another Imaginext toy.  And I\’m picking up today.  Imagination at work!

We\’ve had some much needed rain around here lately.  It usually comes and goes during the day so we also see lots of rainbows.  This double bow looks like it starts in Quinn\’s soccer field.

Geodes Quinn made from a science kit are \”for display only\”.  Funny boy.

Quinn\’s class rotates through various arts classes and just finished with dancing.  Parents are invited to a very casual show.  Here\’s a 1 minute video.  I think I hit the mute button about 10 seconds in  I should mention that girls (in general) have so crazy about the movie Frozen that boys normally run screaming at this song.  You can watch a big version on YouTube HERE.

My Monday morning hikes are even better than ever with all the rain we\’ve had.  On this Monday I saw lots of butterflies and lizards too.   These pictures just don\’t show how beautiful it is right now.

We even saw a little garter snake.

Best buddies.  Sonic can now be trusted free in the house.  I usually put him in his crate when I take Quinn to school just to keep him used to the crate.  But otherwise he is free to roam and is a good boy.  The other day Quinn had built a massive hot wheels track in the rec room with cars and pieces everywhere.  Sonic didn\’t touch a single piece.

Yes he can be a PITA but I am amazed at what a good boy he is at 18 months.

Carpooling and friends.  Love it!

Today was Opening Day for Quinn and his Yankees.  I know, a tough pill to swallow.  Yankees.

This year is very different from last year.  Umpires,  score keepers,  pitching machine instead of a tee, etc, etc.  This is when it starts to get competitive.  Considering that the Thousand Oaks Little League has actually won the World Championship it all begins in this Acorn 1 league.

Our guy at bat.  They are out with 3 strikes and have 5 pitches total.  Quinn was 0/4 but alot of other kids were too.  But his swing has improved tremendously from last year and he sure looks sharp.

Speaking of score keepers.  Each team provides a score keeper and Don volunteered to be the Yankees score keeper for Saturday games.  Lots of rules surrounding the score keepers.  They must sit up here and can\’t cheer for their kid, or any kid.  They keep track of every pitch, hit, throw, etc.  The umps are constantly checking with them on pitches, outs, score, time, etc.   Don found it much harder than expected.

Funny story.  Quinn was playing Left Center field and a ball was hit in to Left field (not left center).  After the play was over the umpire called time because Quinn was crying hysterically.  He came in to the dugout and was crying so hard it took a long time to find out what had happened.  The Kona Shaved Ice truck had left the parking lot.  Truth.

Quinn is one of 3 players that rotate as catcher and Quinn actually likes it.  And is pretty good.  It requires him to keep his head in the game and he constantly has something to do…vs standing out in left center looking in to the parking lot 🙂

A clear view of his catching stance.  He got nailed in the leg one time and had lots of tears.  But he sucked it up and stayed in the game.  So proud!!!

Final score 10 – 4 Yankees.  

Coach Ken having a talk with the guys after the game telling them what a great job they did and how they continue to get better.

Coach Ken hands out a game ball (or two) to the players that really stood out during the game.  The first ball went to….

The one and only Mighty Quinn.  Coach was so proud of him for stopping a ball while playing 3rd base and sucking it up when he got hit as catcher.  It\’s great to see him reward improvement and effort.

Yankees!!!

One proud dude with his game ball.

One proud mom with her dude.

Coaching signing the game ball for Quinn.