Mommathon

We are halfway through baseball season now and Colm’s team is doing awesome! First, let me say, that he has the best coaches. One of them LOVES baseball. LOVES it. He is also great with kids. Not only does he encourage our own team, but he is great at encouraging the kids on the teams we play. Our other coach also loves baseball, but he is no nonsense. He doesn’t let the boys mess around. He makes sure the batting helmets get put back where they are supposed to be when the boys are done with them and he doesn’t let them leave practice until everything is cleaned up.

I think Colm’s team lost the first seven games they played, some of them by double-digits. It was not pretty. Now they are actually fielding the balls, making outs and hitting the ball. It has been so much fun to see how much they have grown in the past six weeks.

Now a grumble…Colm is playing coach pitch baseball…this is what kids do in between T-ball and kid pitch. So, when Colm goes up to bat his coach pitches to him. Well, last night our coach was not doing a great job of pitching and accidentally hit a couple of kids with the ball when he pitched-Colm included. When that happens the batter has the choice of either walking to first or staying at bat and trying to hit the ball. Apparently, the coach from the other team complained to the league offices today to say that our coach was PURPOSEFULLY hitting his own players so he could walk them. Seriously? Does that even make sense? Would a grown man purposefully pitch balls at little kids to win a game? So, tonight our coach didn’t pitch to our kids, someone else did. We still won.

The first time Colm has ever gotten to be catcher.

I got this camera for Mother’s Day. I love it, but it is a bit overwhelming. I am not sure I will ever figure out how to use it.

(Project 365-5/9/10)

This is a book about real parenting stories…from the trenches. These are not stories that are all butterflies and daisies. These are for all the days you have felt like maybe you weren’t cut out to be a parent…all of these people have stories that make you realize you are not alone and that maybe you aren’t doing a half bad job…witty and entertaining and they are short stories so there’s no commitment.

Sunday-Potato and Chorizo Omelet, Watermelon, French Bread
Monday-Chicken Fiesta
Tuesday-Spinach Tortellini
Wednesday-Mandarin Orange Chicken from Trader Joe’s
Thursday-Easy Mexican Casserole
Friday-Asian Chicken Salad
Saturday-Kitchen Closed

I went and helped the kindergartners with their art literacy project today. For the month of May, the whole school is learning about Lois Mailou Jones. This project focused on warm and cool colors.

The boys are making cards for their grandmas for Mother’s Day.

I went and volunteered in Colm’s classroom today. They have been working on these flowers for their kindergarden for quite a while. I helped them paint the stems. I am fairly certain I will have green paint stains on my hands, fingers and fingernails for at least the next week.