Luke's first T-ball game 4-20-2008

This is Luke's first ever plate appearance in T-ball. (Listen to the crowd response.)



Luke fielded at the pitcher's position. He fielded a lot of hits. People called him "the Vacuum" because of how he pulled in all of the balls hit to him. He walked around looking sad and tired most of the game but if a ball was hit near him, a switch was flipped and he went hard after it.




Abby has her first game May 3. Luke plays again tonight, Sunday and next Wednesday.


Is this the family we've become? I'm a hot-dog eating, mini-van driving, burned on the back of my neck T-ball mom.

Pictures too cute not to post them...

We've been a bit sick around here lately. Willow had some stomach thing last Wednesday that made her puke all morning and since then she has had diarrhea on a regular basis. Each of those times it managed to leak and ruin her clothes. Then I got sick with a cold or something Friday that just sucked the life out of me for days. I'm still tired. Jason got sick Sunday night. He tried to go to work Monday but couldn't. That same morning Luke threw up all his breakfast. So I had a basket full of poopy and puke clothes. I was downstairs pre-treating this disgusting mess like a good mom. And what do I get as a reward? Willow decides to crawl for the first time and I missed it. Jason, however, was recording her when she did it. (Did I mention I missed her rolling over for the first time, as well?)



I feel some redemption, though, as Willow has started saying her first real word: "Mama". She had been saying mamama and other sounds indiscriminately for months, but over the past few days, I have become convinced that she knows what she is saying and she even says it on command and smiles at me. She also started waving last week and clapping a few weeks before that. Things are starting to happen quickly. It's about to get exciting and scary. How do I hide the dog food?

More Spring Break Photos

At the Children's Museum of Evansville (cMoe):

Time to blog the photos...

It's that time again. Time to blog some photos after the monthly cleaning of the camera card.

Tuesday of Spring Break at Fortress of Fun:

upcoming movie release dates

Here are some of the movies I'm looking forward to this year. Won't be seeing them all at the theater, but some I think I'll have to (Batman, I'm looking at you).

The Forbidden Kingdom - 4/18/08 (Jet Li and Jackie Chan) (rental)
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? - 4/18/08 (Morgan Spurlock) (rental)
Iron Man - 5/2/08 (theater)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - 5/16/08 (theater)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5/22/08 (theater)
Kung Fu Panda - 6/6/08 (Jack Black, animated) (undecided)
The Incredible Hulk - 6/13/08 (low expectations but Ed Norton so who knows) (rental)
Get Smart - 6/20/08 (perfect casting with Steve Carell and the Rock) (rental)
The Love Guru - 6/20/08 (Mike Myers, so I'll give it a chance) (rental)
WALL*E - 6/27/08 (Pixar) (theater)
Wanted - 6/27/08 (rental)
Hancock - 7/2/08 (Will Smith, superhero) (rental)
The Dark Knight - 7/18/08 (Batman) (theater)
Quantum of Solace - 11/7/08 (Bond) (theater)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - 11/21/08 (rental)

I'm sure there are others but these were the main ones. Anyone have any other movies they are looking forward to seeing?

No Way

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NKOTB...I never thought my life would come full circle at the age of 30. (I was not a fan, but I likes me some Wahlberg, preferably the Marky Mark kind.

Food Inspections

I like to read the local food inspections. Here's a good one this week:

China Express, 1505 S. Governor
Owner/operator fails to demonstrate knowledge for proper food temperatures. To be corrected.
Using common cloth towel to dry hands. Corrected
Food worker failed to wash hands before cooking food and after handling money. Corrected.
Large pan of BBQ pork measured at 69-71 degrees Fahrenheit and stored at room temperature. Corrected.
Improper cooling methods for bulk foods. Corrected.
Rice cooker soiled. Corrected.
3 non-critical violations.

Ear infections

Willow has had three ear infections since Christmas. The first time it was her left ear and she was given amoxicillin. About 2 or 3 weeks later we went back with double ear infections. Her doctor wasn't sure if these were new or if they didn't clear up from before. So she gave her augmentin. We went back for a follow up two weeks later and she was clear. Her last one was two weeks ago in both ears and we just had a follow up doctor's visit to make sure they went away. The right side was clear but the left still had fluid in it. Her doctor believes this will probably drain on it's own but recommended antibiotics for a month to keep the fluid infection free while it has a chance to drain. She doesn't want another infection because then we will "have to start talking about tubes" and nobody wants that. She seems to be concerned that her left ear has the most trouble. Each of her infections was preceded by a cold, but cold season is pretty much over. Also, she hates medicine. She's at an age (8 months) where she can physically prevent us from giving it to her but too young to obey us (if that makes sense). She turns her head and spits it out and we make a big mess. (I know I can mix it in something if I need to.) I'm really just wondering if it's worth it to get this antibiotic. My other two kids never had ear infection issues or colds even. Abby just had breathing problems and Luke has Luke problems. Does anybody (of the 4 of you who actually reads this blog) have any experience/advice in this area?