last softball practice

poor madelyn is going to miss her last softball game (a rain make up) and her end of season celebration. so even though it looked like practice would get rained out too (this has been a really rough season weather-wise), we went to the fields. while we were waiting for practice to begin, i realized that maddux and madelyn were both wearing cereal hats from grandma.

they did have to stop practice for about 15 minutes while it rained. her coach took that time to distribute the team pictures (i sure am glad that we didn't miss this one!).

manning couldn't find his favorite (aka "jake shoes") before we left so i grabbed his rain boots as he screamed barefoot to the car. but once we got there, he was very verbal about how he was the only one who could jump in the puddles. i was so happy that his attitude had improved so dramatically. love.

sporty kids

how cute is this kid? there is just a lot of waiting around during games and we fill that time with pictures.

look at his game face!

mason's game face

madelyn's first time playing the pitching position.

such a lovely day to be outside (well, soccer was pretty cold). love.

final swimming lesson

matt has been working a ridiculous amount of hours, so i told him that he could sleep in while i took madelyn (and all of the boys) to her last early swimming lesson. today is the kick-off of the library's summer reading program so i will just take the kids over there after her swimming lesson. the boys noticed that madelyn's towel and her swimming suit matched (it was the first time she had used either one at swimming lessons).

while madelyn was swimming, the boys enjoyed the 'block room.' they were playing with some other little boys and they came up with building 'thrones' which ended up filling their time.

the kids were silent after we left the library. they love the summer reading program and want to finish as soon as possible (it is going to be a long wait for the program to end and the prizes finally distributed).  we pulled them all away from their books to take madelyn to her softball game. how cute is she in her striped socks? love.

more saturday sports

soccer was a chilly start this morning. it is nice that madelyn's game is always in the afternoon and the boys' soccer game is always in the morning. the kids are so great about waiting and watching each others' games.

she is SO my daughter.

first time playing first base

madelyn was at a new field today and the boys were pretty thrilled with the playground options nearby the field. luckily, it has warmed up a little by the time of madelyn's game.

just boys throwing rocks. love.

sports picture day

of course both teams would have pictures on the same day. the boys had an early game so i had to take madelyn (and manning) to swimming lessons while daddy was left to make sure the boys look presentable for their pictures. we were able to meet up with them just as the game was getting started. 

and then it was madelyn's turn. she hadn't gotten her team visor yet, and i wasn't sure if she was going to today, so we went for some braids just in case.

in her complete uniform

the pictures were quite a bit before game time, so the boys kept busy with a deck of cards (the kids' newest favorite).

and we took pictures of their cuteness to pass the time...

mason has become quite the 'gammer'

update: here are some of the boys' pictures...

we got pictures of the two boys together but they retouched mason's eyes to the point where even he noticed that they look weird (aka super creepy!). we are going to retakes next week. love.

late night, early morning

it is a good thing that last night was so much fun, because this morning was a little painful. we practically had to peel madelyn out of bed for her 7:55 swimming lesson (they weren't in bed until 11:30pm or so last night). but she did it. and then we were off to soccer. everyone did okay getting there, but maddux became clingy and whiney pretty quickly. they did well through the game but were dragging - big time (not that the pictures show that well).

mason's friend joe is always chasing him.

maddux was super excited about his new orange ball!

the g-boys in action

(true confession time: i am so late in posting - writing almost a month late, that i can't remember if they scored goals in this game. they score goals in almost every game though.)

next stop, softball for madelyn's first game. it was a gorgeous day which helped our tired bodies. we were actually able to lay down on our blanket for a while waiting for the game to start.

madelyn's cheering section

first week in jerseys

we survived softball too. we know that madelyn must be enjoying it because she didn't cry or complain at all - even with being so tired! love.

first softball clinic

just like soccer, the first two saturdays for softball are practices/clinics. i failed to get a picture before things got started, but here are a few of madelyn in action. love.