Firetrucks, tulips, and fashion...

Finally warm and dry enough yesterday to go back outside. Jacob is on the go... doesn't like to be held at all. We found some super cute shorts and tops at Kohl's (super price, too-- buy one get one free-- can't beat that!) and at our house when we look cute-- we take pictures!

First Baby Pool!

Jacob took a dip in his baby pool for the first time today. He loved it! Even though he was cold, he cried when we took him out. Warmer days ahead and he'll have lots of fun!

First Soccer Game!

Ashley had her first soccer game on Saturday. Technically it was a game, it looked more like a bunch of 5 year olds chasing a ball around. No goalie, they don't keep score, its just fun and she did have fun :) This first picture was her sideline break-- her team had an odd number of players to start so one had to sit out and she wasn't happy when it was her turn. Luckily, they came up with the idea to "give" one of their players to the other team so that each of the teams had 8. That worked out great... nobody had to sit out. They had two games of 4 against 4.











And even though they didn't keep score-- Ashley did score a goal-- yay!

A nifty knitting project...

I wanted to try to knit a stocking cap for the kids for next Christmas. Given the amount of spare time that I have to dedicate to "fun" projects, I figured I'd better start January 1st in order to have 3 done by Christmas. And the last hat I knitted was too short in the crown, so it didn't even cover Jacob's ears. Hey, I'm just learning :) So as my second project, I was brave... I based it off this free stocking cap pattern, but I changed it up a bit. I'm not so good at purling, so I decided that for the brim, I would just knit so that it would be a rolled brim. Then I used a pompon rather than a braid and tassel. I think it came out pretty cute. I did end up with a knitting injury-- I pinched a nerve in my left ring finger and couldn't feel the tip of it for about 2 days. Crazy! So 2 more to go. I'm thinking I'll do one in red and gray and the last one in either pink and green or dark green and light green. As you can see in these pictures, they are stretchy enough (its an adult pattern) to fit all three of them... so I thought it would be neat to take their pictures in their hat each year to show how they've grown.

New tricks...

Jacob still isn't walking, but he's climbing... on everything. Here's a few climbing on the firetruck in his room.







This last picture was on the bed... right before I fell off a stool and Jacob fell off the bed. I was ok, but of course more worried about him. After overreacting all day to everything he did-- I'm almost convinced that he's ok. However my heart is still hurting. I can already see that this little man is going to make me show my age!

Hey batter, batter, batter... SWING!

This was Hannah's very first softball game. So they lost this game badly-- I know the scoreboard in the photos makes it look worse than it really was. Final score was 9-4. In all honesty, I don't think they set up the teams quite fairly. Hannah's team was brand new this year. Some of the teams consist of mostly 3rd graders and they've played together in past years... so the cards were stacked against the Cubs as they took on the Ponytail Posse today. But they played their little hearts out and learned so much... and Hannah got a hit. Yay! She only made it to 2nd base, but we thought that was great! She also got to play 3rd base, pitcher, shortstop, and outfield. Now Ashley has her first soccer game next Saturday-- we'll see how that goes!