Take Me Out To The Ball Game!

We have officially started Tball Season!!! This is the first year that Remington has been old enough to play an organized sport, and I am soo glad, excited and proud that his first sport is baseball! I know that I am completely biased because I am his momma, but Rem has a pretty natural talent for baseball. He is taking it very seriously too. After his first practice, last Tuesday evening, Remington came home stretching and flexing, saying " Mom, I need to exercise for tball and practice my batting on the wii." Either a really clever way to get us to let him play the Wii, or I have an authentic sports fanatic on my hands.....probably both. He has also taken to the lingo quite naturally as well. Today when his coach called his team over to get ready for their team photo Remington started yelling out in a very serious and mature voice "Bring it in team, bring it in!" I wonder who he gets his athletic passion from? Anyone care to make a guess? Yeah, probably Uncle Bubbie! Remington is number 7, by the way.

I got to practice my team mom skills today by taking Remington and his buddy Lance to all of our activities today. They were awesome! So stinking cute to listen to the two of them talk and plan out their fun day together. To start the morning off, Lance gets into our pick-up, which of course is blasting Michael Jackson. ( Rem is obsessed if you didn't already know ) Lance asks, "What is this music?" To which Remington replies " MICHAEL JACKSON " and Lancer ( his nickname ) comes back with " I can not believe it! " Funny boys!

We had a beautiful day for the first game of the season. I got tremendously sun burned on my chest, so much so that I even had to break out the aloe vera. Ouch. My poor porcelain skin isn't used to soo much sun in one day. Haha. Luke even got to take a little time out of his work day to come to the game and he even participated as second base coach for our team. The game was so adorable and hilarious. Between every kid wanting to run after the ball, including the opposite team member. The little boy who hit the ball, fielded his own ball, and threw himself out ( even though at this age you don't get thrown out ). And the little girl who just about peed herself because there was a spider on the base and her coach had to run out and kill it before we could precede. I can not wait for the next game!

I am pretty sure that I am going to love having two boys in sports, but I am sure I will love whatever activities they are involved in and will be their BIGGEST fan! Who knows what adventure we will have next?

Stink and Sick, Sicker, Sickest

I remember when I was little my mom would read me a chapter a night of "Charlotte's Web". I have started to do the same with Remington. We have read 3 chapter books so far. I have picked two different series for kids, we have read two from "Hank the Cow Dog" and one from "Stink". I love the "Hank the Cow Dog" series but the chapters are quite long for a 4 year old to sit through, so that is why I started the new "Stink" series. The chapters are shorter and a little more easy for Remington to sit through and comprehend. Remington loves to read his books at night and I love reading to him too. Do you have any books you love to read to your kiddos? I would love some suggestions and I highly recommend the books I have mentioned here.

On another note, Poor Remington has been sick lately. Rem seems to get sick at least once a month. I don't think that it's too abnormal for a kid these days to get sick often but I wish I could keep him healthier. There is nothing worse than having your child sick. You just want to scoop 'em up and take away everything that makes them feel badly, and laying awake at night listening to him cough just breaks my heart! Luckily I have some of the most amazing and accommodating bosses that never make me feel guilty about having to take time off to take care of my son, and they always have an understanding and empathy. That means a lot to a mother!!

On to more adventures, check back soon :)

Annnd We're Back!

Ok so I have been on a major hiatus from Blogging... those of you who know me personally know why....We lost a member of Austinburg last summer...Gee Gee passed away far too soon! But I don't want to focus on the bad, we will miss Gee Gee more than we could ever say, but I know she wouldn't want us all to sit around and weep for her forever. So in honor of Gee Gee lets focus on some good stuff that has happened to our family in last few months.

Luke and I went to Mexico at the end of September...we had such an amazing time with our friends ( My bosses and coworkers went down there with us, it was a crew trip ). We got some good time to relax too, which was much needed. Shortly after we came home from that trip, we found out that we were PREGNANT!! Thank you Mexico beaches, sun, air and fun! Baby Benson #2 is due June 20th 2012. We are soo excited to welcome another lil Boy to our family! His name is gonna be Welker Kenneth Benson! Remington is wayyy excited to be a big brother, and I know he is going to be an awesome older sibling! Remington, thanks to the help of Uncle Bubbie, took up snowboarding this winter. He did soo awesome and I know next year he is going to rock the chair lift and the big hill!! We also got to go to MONSTER JAM and an Idaho Stealheads hockey game! Remington had soo much fun and we all enjoyed watching him get excited over all the trucks and hockey fights!

I plan on being better about updating this bad boy and putting up lots of pictures of our world with the new baby! Keep in Touch :)