Jorge Posada????

Blake's first game of baseball was marvelous!  Well, I'll be honest and say it was kinda boring for the spectators (and probably a lot of the players).  Blake loves playing and watching pretty much every sport around.  When we signed him up for t-ball a couple years ago, things started to change.  It was so slow-paced, he didn't really love it.  GASP!!!

He decided to skip t-ball the following year.  Since I love baseball so very much (go Yankees), I encouraged Blake to play this year.  He is old enough for coach's pitch and he was ready to give it a try!  While it is still incredibly slow compared to what he is used to (soccer and football), he is liking it better.

He played catcher (thus the title of this blog....we might have a Posada on our hands) the first two innings.  Then he played the outfield (YAWN) the second two innings.  Yeah, four innings is more than enough when they're this age.  Am I right?

Anyway, here are a few photos from the day:

At bat!

Things We Do!

Here are some things the kidlets do when we go visit my mom and dad!  We always have a great time playing outside at their house!

Lola plays in rocks.....yeah, fun!

Blake shoots some hoops with Papa "Tucky!

Lola crawls in the grass!

Blake takes Lola for a spin in the jeep!

Blake goes down the slide!

Lola prepares to drive!

Little Bow Peep!

My sister makes AWESOME bows.  Seriously.  So SURPRISE.....I'm doing a Spring giveaway.  I planned this all along (muah ha ha---devilish laugh).  So just when you thought the madness of March was over, I am hittin' ya up with one last hoorah!  And this is a good one.  Well, for the ladies, and for people who have little girls.  But, I guess even if you don't have girls, you probably know someone who does!  And then this giveaway would make a great present!

I'm trying to convince my dear sister to start selling her bows.  So spread the word.  If you love these (and these are just a few samples of what she can do), then tell me and everyone you know!  She doesn't charge much and she gets them done really fast!

Here is a photo of a bow that is NOT included in this giveaway.  I repeat.  This bow is NOT included.  Sorry.  It's a shame because I love this style!  Many of you have seen Lola wearing a similar one.

This bow would cost $4.00.

This bow IS included in the giveaway.  If you were to buy one like this (from my sister),  it would cost $3.50.  She can also put a rhinestone (gemstone thingy) in the center!

 These bows are the ones included in the giveaway.  The set of butterflies would be $6.00 and the "citrus" bow would be $4.50.  She also makes bows like the "citrus" bow but smaller.  They are super cute!

So if you want to win (and I'm sure you do), you can do so by........drum roll please........LEAVING A COMMENT!  Surprised?  Nah.  You knew it was coming, right?!?  Anyway, I want to know which bow is your favorite?!?!  We will name them all to make it easy:  The blue ribbon (ha), the big pink flower, the butterfly set, and the citrus bow.  And remember.....the blue ribbon (sadly) is NOT included in this giveaway!

The winner will be selected next Saturday!  Spread the word and try to win!  Good luck to my bow lovin' peeps! :)

This is the Way We Roll!

When it's nice outside, you better believe we are out there!  Blake rides on his scooter:

And Lola cruises in the stroller:

A view from the back!

And a view from the front!

I definitely get my exercise chasing these two birds around!  We have all kinds of fun on our walks/scooter rides/stroller cruisin'!  Destination?  The park, of course!  Bring on more sunny days! :)

Would Like to Thank the State of Indiana For......

Nearly ruining my FAVORITE event of the year.  I'm tellin' ya, folks, I'm no luck but bad luck.  It's true.  I can give you about 52 million examples but I'll just stick to the topic at hand.  Saturday was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day (well, most of it was, anyway).

Thunder Over Louisville (the kick-off to the Kentucky Derby festivities) is awesome.  Billy doesn't understand, if it's indeed so "awesome," why nobody around here (in Indy) has heard of it.  That, my friends, is a mystery.  I'm thinking that if something is the biggest fireworks show in the country, the whole country should have heard of it.  But don't get me started on that.  My point is (and I do have one) that I LOVE Thunder.  I have gone almost every year since moving to Kentucky in 1990.   Yes, I know I don't live there anymore, but you can imagine.....

This year, we decided to watch Thunder from the Indiana side.  I typically never do that because I feel that Indiana is getting one heck of a show (and a lot of money raised for them) for an event that isn't even theirs.  Anyway, my dear sister was kind enough to give us a parking pass for the Sheraton hotel (her friend is the manager).  That pass would allow us access to the hotel lobby bathrooms (hooray for not having to use port-a-pots).

We left for Thunder at 4:15ish.  We sat in traffice for an hour and a half(ish).  We got across the bridge and realized the exit for the Sheraton was closed.  NICE!  Then we realized (after being instructed by police officers) the roads to the Sheraton were all closed at 5 pm and no matter what, we weren't getting through.  Awesome?  Awesome.  We decided (after waiting in a REALLY long McDonald's bathroom line) to turn around and go back to Louisville.

Except.....the Indiana State Police decided to close on-ramps to I-65S at 6:30 instead of 8:30 like the paper stated.  Awesome?  Awesome.  We had to go ALL the way to New Albany and across the bridge.  We got back into Louisville by about 7:30ish.  Yes, we were in the car for those 3 hours.  Then we drove around for another hour looking for a place to park.  Thank you, Porter Paints, for not having tow away signs and for letting us park in your lot (whether you wanted us to or not).

After all that (and a computer glitch which caused a 15 minute delay in the start of the fireworks), we got what we wanted:  an amazing show.  I would post photos of the fireworks, except the brand new batteries I put in my camera before leaving, had somehow died after only two pictures.  Yeah, I know.  I have bad luck.  There's just no other way of lookin' at it!

So a big ol' thank you to Indiana for wasting a lot of my dad's time and gas to get his lovely daughter (me) to her favorite thing ever (Thunder).  For those of you who have never been....you should check it out!  Here are the only two photos I was able to take!  Oh, and yes, I had to use the port-a-potty!!!!!!!!

Mom and Dad!

Me with my cute Blake (and a lot of jackets....)