Gerritt was baptized today. First he and Jake had a flag football game to win, then we quickly got ready for the baptism. Ethan, Gerritt’s cousin, was also baptized today. Gerritt loved to share this day with his cousin.
Here’s a few pictures from our day…
I just dropped Josh off at school. He seemed very excited. He saw the girl in his church primary class in line and a huge smile came over his face (I think he’s got a crush). He’ll be sitting at the same table as her. Now I get to clean the kitchen without interruption. I almost feel lonely- even though BJ is downstairs. I think I’ll blast my Debbie Gibson music and start cleaning.
Seriously what in the world am I going to do with myself???
Gerritt and Jakob are back in school today. They both were really excited to be going. After I exercised this morning, I went into their room to get a picture of them sleeping. What I found was two very excited boys half way dressed already- it was 20 to 7. Little stinkers! Josh had his kindergarten open house today. He wants to be in school now- doesn’t want to wait a week.
Here’s some pics from this morning…
We promised the boys that we would go camping this past Friday. Things happened where we weren’t able to go. Since that was the second time this summer… we had to do SOMETHING for them.
We decided to set the tent up in the backyard and make smores in our fire pit. The boys slept in the tent with our big lab, Jackson. I was a little nervous about that- but we figured Jackson would warn us if something went wrong.
Jake came in around 2 am because the wind wouldn’t let him sleep. Gerritt came in a 6 am since the sun was up- I told him to go to bed- I’m sure he didn’t (he’s not much of a fan of sleeping) and Josh stayed in the tent until Milo came and jumped on the tent to get to Jackson. Guess he figured it wasn’t fair that Jackson got to sleep in the tent and he didn’t.
While we roasted marshmallows Friday night- the dogs begged and begged for some chocolate. To no avail- poor guys. I gave them the crumbs from the graham crackers when we were done stuffing our faces.
Gerritt was an all star in his league tonight. He lost his first game but won his second game. He got a few doubles and made a few outs on first base. It was a fun night.
They’ll all be playing baseball again in the fall. The schedule is kind of hectic- but without the daily dose of some form of baseball, whether it be practice or a game, I’m getting bored! I don’t know what we did BEFORE the baseball season!
Tonight Jake got to play in an All Star game. The way they do it in this league is the coach of each team picks the best players that they think could be in All Stars. Three kindergarteners got picked from our team. Josh was upset that he didn’t get picked- I had to explain to him that he was younger and his chance will be next year.
Jake was really excited that he got to play on a real baseball diamond and sit in a real dug out. Normally they play on a grass field. He got a new shirt to go with it- always love the free t-shirts! Congratulations to Jakob!!!
Today our youngest turned 5. Unbelievable! Our Cinco De Mayo baby! We stayed home and got ready to watch the Jazz win. Which they did- WOOHOO!
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!
image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace