Baseball/T-ball

We have had a year long break from sports since moving from Texas.

Jacob and Merry both wanted to try baseball this season.

Cute little Merry in her uniform.

Good job Merry, way to be the only one looking at me.

Jacob showing off a baseball pose.

2 of Grace's friends have older brothers on Jacob's team, so she is having a blast.

We will be back to the lazy life in 12 weeks.

Fair Parade

Merry was in the fair parade on President's Day. Can you find her? She is the bunny right in the front with the pink plastic guitar.

While we waited for the parade to start, here are some pictures of the other chitlins. Jacob has been spending a lot more time in the sun and has a nice sprinkling of freckles over his nose now. Grace loves her long hair but never wants it up so it always looks like this. When you tell Adam a funny joke he sticks out his tongue. He also has learned the phrase diet mountain dew. I am not sure where he picked that one up.

Daddy - Daughter Dance

Merry and Jacob's elementary school had a Daddy- Daughter dance for Valentine's Day.

The girls loved it.

The girls in their fancy finery.

Who is that crazy person in the background?

Brian with his 2 pretty girls.

The theme for the dance was frilly dresses and fishing poles so they had gold fish for snacks and a fishing pond and other cute fishing activities. The girls had a great time dancing while Brian supervised. This is all I could get out of Brian. He will have to add more commentary on the event.

Pinewood derby

Jacob's 1st pinewood derby.

He wasn't sure which number was lucky so he put 10 different numbers on it just to make sure it had some luck.

I like the car jumping the track in the background.

He ended up winning 3rd place. Good job Jacob.

Brian's birthday

Happy birthday Brian.

Thanks for being a great husband and dad.

Sorry you didn't get any new socks for your birthday.

What does Dade City celebrate?

Kumquats! Of course.

They are a bite size citrus with edible peels.

Some varieties are tart and some are sweet.

I prefer the tart.

I went to help sell Kumquat pies for the kids preschool. It was really fun but crazy. They sold 715 pies in 5 hours. The pie tastes like an orange cremesicle, who doesn't love that?

The kids came latter to see the crafty stuff. I tried to talk them into riding a camel but for some reason they all opted for sand art. The pollen counts were really high so we all came home wheezing and with itchy eyes.

Day camp at the Cotee River

We went with Jacob to a cub scout activity at the Pithlachascotee River Preserve. Try saying that name 10 times. Luckily people usually call it the Cotee River, so much easier to say. You would think from the pictures that Grace was the only person there. Jacob was the photographer and I guess Grace is the most willing subject.

Grace on the hiking trail. We saw a couple of bobcats running around. I haven't seen one since I was a child so it was very cool.

Grace posing.

Grace and her fairy hat and ritz cracker crumbs.

The huge fire pit. I want a fire ring like that, only I am not sure what I would write on it.

Another mom and I made a ton of tin foil dinners- they turned out pretty good or maybe we were all really hungry.