Saturday Ballet

Look who we ran into at ballet on Saturday. Evan and Eliana's friend Jolie! She missed her Wednesday class, so she joined the Saturday morning class. Eliana was thrilled to have someone she knows in her class. Evan tried to act all nonchalant, like he wasn't happy to see his 'girlfriend,' but we know better!

Eliana will be in "The Nutcracker" in just a few weeks!

Evan's "All ABout Me" Week at school.

Each student at Evan's Kindergarten class gets an "All About Me"week, where they make a poster about themselves and their family, and have "special guests" come in for story time. Well yesterday, that special guest was me!

Here's me after reading "Pete's First Day at School" by Jörgen Clevin for Evan's class. One of my favorite book as a kid, now a book that I read to Evan and Eliana often. The kids really seemed to enjoy the book.

Evan and his "All About Me" poster, featuring Evan's name written in Legos.

Baseball Sundays

So at the beginning and end of each game/practice, we get all the kids to put their hands in the middle, Coach Nikki gives a little pep talk, and on the count of three, they all yell "Ironpigs!"

I was very impressed to see most of the infield paying attention. By the second inning, some of the kids are sitting on the ground playing in the dirt as balls whiz by them. (Evan in the center.)

That little face is Katie! At just 3 years old she is our youngest player! Her dad helps coach the team. She is very enthusiastic and loves baseball. 

"Great job today guys, on 3 Ironpigs, 1...2...3 IRONPIGS!"

Blessing of the Animals

Friday the 4th was the "Blessing of the Animals" at church, so of course we brought Elvis and Lucy.

Father Murphy blesses Elvis and Lucy (just out of frame.) Even Poppop was there!

Then we went to the park since it was such a nice, sunny, and warm October day...

 Hey! That's not how you sit on the swings!

He's higher up than it looks...

Evan and Eliana getting ready to go down the slide together.

Fall Baseball

Evan started Fall Tee Ball this week, with his new team, the "Ironpigs," named after the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs, a minor league baseball team in Pennsylvania. He has a few of his team mates from his Phillies team in the spring, but there's also some new faces. Coach Nikki is back and once again doing a great job as head coach. I volunteered again to help coach the team. It really has been a great experience and I think Evan likes having his daddy as a coach.

Evan decked out in his Phillies gear before practice with a future Tee Ball star.

 Evan in has brand spankin' new uniform.

Evan, (Left,) and his new teammates.

Getting 5 year olds to line up like this is harder than it looks...

 Evan and his buddy Conner! Conner was on the Phillies team with Evan in the spring and was in Evan's preschool class last year. So they go way, way back.

Evan on 1st Base after his first hit of the season.

Playground

There's about 3 hours between the time of picking Eliana up and picking Evan up from school. 

So on this day, we stopped at the playground right by Evan's school. 

One thing I'll say about the new iPhone 5, is that the camera is way better than on the older phones.

Eliana getting ready to go down a very hot slide on an unusually warm September day.

After School

So, like I said, I was picking them up from school most of the week. We would usually go to a park, to let them play until dinner time, or go to my place to play there.

Usually, as soon as I've picked Evan up and get him in the car, I'll take a photo of him and send it to his Mommy so she know's he's happy and has had a good day at school. 

This was Eliana and I at her favorite playground. The band on her head was from when she walked into the back of a chair at a hamburger place where we were having lunch.

Eliana were really getting into soccer, so much that they got a little out of hand going after the ball. Not sure if you can see the look on Eliana's face on this one.

Here's Evan after another day of school with a Capri Sun drink hanging out of his mouth.