T-Ball with 4 year olds!

Quite possibly one of the funniest things on the planet!  In fact, if I would have had video of one particular episode, I am pretty sure we would be at least $10,000 richer via Funniest Home Videos and probably could have take home the $300,000 grand prize.

Rhythm is second from the left on the bottom row

You see, Rhythm is a very enthusiastic little guy, who is always very busy and apparently playing for just his own team wasn't enough- he not only hit the ball when he was up to bat, but ran after it and threw it to first base!  He then repeated these actions with the next TWO kids who were up to bat from his own team!  It was hilarious and he was completely delighted with himself!  So funny!

Here are a few of the pics from his games and practices:

Some help from dad!

Whack it!

There he goes!

Up to bat for real- my little bobble-head!

At the lake...

We have had a few opportunities to spend sometime out at a nearby lake last summer and I just wanted to share some of our pictures from the fun times we had!

The first time we headed out for a local street fair with Nana (my mom) and boy oh boy, was it a busy and HOT day!  We had a really fun time though!  One of the highlights of Rhythm's day was getting a tattoo (airbrushed on)!  He felt like such a stud!

 

Tough Guy!

We checked out the local sandcastle artist...

And a fountain in the park...

Then, to escape the heat and have a little fun, we dared drag that darned stroller all the way down the steep, gravely beach to go swimming and build some sand castles of our own!

Woo!  A little deeper and colder than expected!

Teamwork- precious and rare!

Check out that booty!  And that is without a diaper!

COVERED!

buried!

When we were done at the beach we headed up to another fun little fountain in the park to wash off and get dressed to go.  I love this little fountain- it gives way to a little stream that runs all the way down to the lake and you can walk in it the whole way!  Refreshing and fun!

"Ahh!  It splashed my face!"

Gotta wash those feeties!

And I swear- I really was there, even if I'm not in any of the pictures!  Haha!  Isn't mama always behind the camera?!  It was a great day and just the first of a few that we had out at this little lake town- but I'll save the rest for another post!

Lets go fly a kite!

R-Man got a couple of kites for his birthday and we have been waiting for the perfect windy, but not rainy day, to try them out!  That day finally came last week and we had so much fun!

We were all surprised by just how high they were able to get the kites!  One of them R-Man and daddy were even able to let out the entire string!  It was so fun and we can't wait to do it again!

Christmas Tree Hunting!

Weekend before last we went to a Christmas Tree hunting party thrown by one of my old doula clients and it was so much fun!  We didn't actually get a tree because we already had one, but it was a blast anyway!

R-Man loved making new friends and helping them find their trees!  Here he is "helping" one of his new friends with her's!

We borrowed a friend's truck so that we could all ride together out to their property (which R-Man loved) and he got to wear all his snow gear for the first time this year (which he also adored!)!  It was FREEZING cold, but he didn't care!  He got to ride on an ATV with daddy and roast marshmallows over the bon fire- he was one happy guy!

Adventures at the lake!

We spent the labor day weekend and the weekend before at Grammy and Pappy's lake cabin and R-Man had a blast!  They haven't put their boat in the water for two years, so this was the first time he really remembers boating and he adores it!  He "helped" Grammy drive and thought it was just about the coolest thing ever!

He thought the noodles were really fun to swim with and he went all the way around the boat!

He especially had fun swimming around with mama and splashing me, of course!

He got to blow bubbles with Grammy which was lots of fun too!

 

We pulled the boat up to a beach for a while to have lunch and play, and R-Man really loved building sand castles and finding rocks! 

 

 

 

 

This was his rock family- one for each of us!

 

The rest of the weekend me mostly spent just chillin' at the cabin and playing with Lincoln Logs!

Fun at the Orchard!

A couple of weekends ago we went up to a local orchard for a friend's birthday party and R-Man had so much fun! He got to ride on a pony named Daisy...

(he kept telling them he wanted to go faster, and faster, and faster! Go figure)

...in a wiggle wagon around the orchard....(This is his goofy "smile for the camera" grin!)

...and play in the "Pea Pit" (instead of sand they had peas! It was great!)!

(Swimmin' in the peas! We found many peas in these clothes when they were washed!)

He enjoyed some scrumptious corn on the cob but wasn't too keen on the peach pie- silly kid! That's okay- mama took care of that for him :-) !

Best of all, we got to spend quality time together as a family- it isn't often these days that daddy isn't working (in the field or his office), so it was a rare treat to have the whole day together out enjoying ourselves!