Jack has become a big fan of the Bad Kitty books so he decided to write Nick Bruel, the author. Low and behold you got a letter back the other day. Needless to say he was super excited
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Amelia
Amelia is becoming an amazing writer. She "publishes" almost every day. I love her fun ideas that she writes about. The best part is that her stories transition well and make sense! I can't wait to see what she write about in the future.
Muffins with Mom
The annual Muffins with Mom was on Friday. Lucky for us, they have doughnuts too, not just muffins. We each had a yummy doughnut to start the day. I told Amelia, this is her first official Muffins with Mom but her fourth because this is the first year she is in school. Jack had already gone to the playground but as I was walking Amelia down to her playground we saw the giant doughnut.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Jacob
So Jacob has made it a goal to be named an All Star for his little league league. I think that is a great goal to have, and a very attainable one. He asked me what he needed to do in order for that to happen. I asked if he wanted to the mom answer or the coach answer? I said, keep up the fielding and you need to work on your batting.
I told him we could do some extra hitting drills at home if he wanted. He said yes to that, so the next free day we had we googled some videos on hitting drills.
Our first attempt at these drills ended with him being deeply frustrated with the process and of course, with me. He didn't understand that just swinging the bat didn't get him better. That he had to do small drills perfectly to get better at overall batting. Luckily Umma and Uppa showed up at just the right time to give him a the mental break he needed.
On Sunday, after Umma and Uppa left, he came to me and said, “I’ve changed my attitude about hitting and would like to practice.” Well of course I said yes so we did the 20 minutes of extra drills.
On Monday's game he walked his first up to bat, hit a triple into deep center field his second, and hit a line drive in between third and short for his third (And RBI-ed 2 runs to take the lead.) Now I’m not saying a couple extra hitting drills did that. What I am saying is so far in his life whenever he has applied himself with extra effort it has payed off for him. I am always surprised and impressed by his success and attitude.
Of course he was super proud of himself during and after the game, which he should be. On the field Jacob sneaked over little glances at me to share a smile of pride. It was a great moment to share.
I told him we could do some extra hitting drills at home if he wanted. He said yes to that, so the next free day we had we googled some videos on hitting drills.
Our first attempt at these drills ended with him being deeply frustrated with the process and of course, with me. He didn't understand that just swinging the bat didn't get him better. That he had to do small drills perfectly to get better at overall batting. Luckily Umma and Uppa showed up at just the right time to give him a the mental break he needed.
On Sunday, after Umma and Uppa left, he came to me and said, “I’ve changed my attitude about hitting and would like to practice.” Well of course I said yes so we did the 20 minutes of extra drills.
On Monday's game he walked his first up to bat, hit a triple into deep center field his second, and hit a line drive in between third and short for his third (And RBI-ed 2 runs to take the lead.) Now I’m not saying a couple extra hitting drills did that. What I am saying is so far in his life whenever he has applied himself with extra effort it has payed off for him. I am always surprised and impressed by his success and attitude.
Of course he was super proud of himself during and after the game, which he should be. On the field Jacob sneaked over little glances at me to share a smile of pride. It was a great moment to share.
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