Girls at the Beach...day 2

my 5 things to do today:

read my book

take a walk on the beach

play with Carly in the sand

play a board game

watch the sun set

take some pictures

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Girls at the Beach...day 1

{truck #1}

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{truck #2}

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{before}

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{supervising}

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{after}

we love where we live - our house, our cove, our neighborhood. the only negative is that Interstate 55 is in our backyard.

so we started stage #1 of reclaiming our backyard and making it usable for our family. wednesday, we got 5 dump trucks full of dirt (including the one that they stuck in my backyard) and some dozer work. yesterday, the landscape team showed up and planted 24 trees.

there is a little more work for this summer and stage #2 and stage #3 for the following summers. it is hard to have patience, but we are really excited that we got it started!

wordless wednesday

take me out to the ballgame

The season has come to an end and

we had another good year of coach-pitch baseball.

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Carly had the chance to play 1st base, short stop and even some outfield.

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Daddy got the chance to pass along some of his knowledge.

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Carly had lots of good hits. She got a lot better watching the ball and making good contact.

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Yesterday, in her last game,

she got a single, triple and a grand slam homerun!

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After the game, her coaches took them to Sonic for ice cream. They got their trophies and really cute baseball banks with a dollar coin inside.

36 questions

Our drive each morning from home to school takes 30 minutes from loading up to dropping off. Last week, I discouraged Carly from listening to her iPod going to and from school (ok, I just said "no more"). It seemed like a good motherly decision given all the expert opinions are that driving-time is the perfect-time for "talking" with your child. I guess because they are confined and would have some trouble escaping.

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Tuesday morning Carly asked

at least 36 questions on our way to school.

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They started with:

How much is a ton?

How much does your car weigh?

(we called Daddy to look it up on the computer)

How do they know?

How do they weigh it?

What kind of scale?

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moving on to:

Why do people drive over there?

Why don't they wait?

Why are they in a hurry?

Why didn't they leave earlier?

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then to:

Is it going to rain today?

What about tomorrow?

Will we have tennis?

What about Thursday?

Will we have our baseball game?

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oh, and:

Is there a wrestler dog?

(I have no idea how to answer this one)

Do you know what dog it is?

Oh, is it a boxer?

(oh, I get it wrestler/boxer)

What does it look like?

Do you know anyone who has one?

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....maybe I was a little hasty about the ipod

5 for Friday

• beautiful early morning walk - me, my ipod and the sunrising

• manicure & pedicure - relaxing visit with my friend Susan and leaving with pretty, beach-ready nails

• end-of-school party - exciting day with friends

• end-of-the-season tennis party - fun afternoon to spend outside at the tennis courts

• show night at gymnastics - glowing in the spotlight

wordless wednesday

a year of mom & daughter in pics

here's to all of life's little moments.....

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shortstop

{charging the ball}

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{scooping it up}

{throwing it to 2nd baseman}

{OUT!}