Vander Linden Musings

All of the Vander Linden boys are Yankee fans!  Gerritt, Jakob and Joshua are all on my side!  It took awhile for Josh- but it happened.  In the begining of April- he was still liking the team that was winning their games- so he was liking the Red Sox more.  But his baseball number is 20 so every time the Yankees game would come on I would call him over to see Jorge Posada- the same number as him.  And we have a guy that sometimes plays first base- Josh Phelps- that every time he comes up- we say- GO JOSH!!!  He likes that!  Anyway- this past weekend when Boston beat up on the Yankee pitchers he was whining that the Yankees were losing!  And he asked for a Jorge Posada jersey- which he will be getting for his birthday!  I transformed him!  My sons don’t have to suffer being Red Sox fans!!!  Life is great!  BJ insists that they will come to their senses and become Red Sox fans- but I think I’m instilling enough hatred for the stinky sox that I think I will win!!!

GO YANKEES!!!

We had our second games today. Gerritt’s game was at 5 and Jake and Josh’s game was at 5:30. It was fun to try and get back and forth to let them all know THEY ARE LOVED! It’ll be nice when their games are on different days or at least different times! Here are some pictures from baseball…

If you are familiar with Les Miserables… you’ll know the part in one of the songs where Jean ValJean  sings 2-4-6-0-1 rather loud. Well the other day we were at Subway. I went out to the truck to get the boys’ soccer uniforms for them to change into. BJ tells me that while I was out there… Jake and Josh went into the bathroom together. Out of nowhere comes a loud rendition of 2-4-6-0-1. Everyone in the restaurant turned to see where it came from. I guess Jake and Josh simultaneously sang that as loud as they could. I wondered why everyone was smiling and looking at the boys. BJ told me this story when we were in the truck. Jake was in the back of the truck laughing his head off. Guess they enjoy my CD’s!