At the game

That is.. at Joe's church league baseball game. I encouraged Joe to join the church league team in order to get him out of the house, and socializing with people his age more. He had a good time, and I got roped into taking the kids to one of the games. (other moms from our Sunday class were there and wondered where I was) So... here is what my kids decided to do instead of watching the game.



Andy found himself a wonderful pile of dirt to play with. His fun consisted of letting the dirt run through his fingers and then shoving it up his pants.



Abby decided that the ball park was too cluttered, so she decided to throw all the rocks away. This was after helping Andy with his pile of dirt.



Isaac had fun with the other little boys that were there. He played ball, rolled in dirt, and cheesed for the camera.

About 5 min after arriving at the ballpark, I decided that saying,"Stay out of the dirt," was pretty pointless. So, after consulting with the other mammas that this was a normal reaction from the children when faced with having to amuse themselves, I let them have at it.

Needless to say, the tub had a distinct ring around it after the threw them all in for their baths. (all at the same time)

Never again.

Bubbles!!

My kids love chasing bubbles. The best thing about these bubbles is the satisfying pop they make on impact. Not bad for $1 bubbles from Wal-Mart!
Side note- we are potty training Isaac- thus the lack of pants. I don't know if that's a potty training thing or just a boy thing.



Andy- he always has the biggest smile when doing this!



Abby and Andy



It took me a while to convince Isaac that eating bubbles was a bad idea. After catching one he looked at me and said, "Mommy! That's yucky!" And then he did it two more times.

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Aunt Boo!!

I had to do some research for this post. I had lots of pictures from Grammy and Papa Joe's house, but I couldn't remember the reason we had gone to visit! Sooo, after some phone calls, I remembered that it was Aunt Boo's birthday party! (Joanna, you can't get upset that I couldn't remember- I called you and you couldn't remember either!)

Jenny and I did not plan on having the girl's match, but it was a cute coincidence!

At least they sat next to each other long enough to get some pics. It didn't last long.

Cute Aunt Boo and Cousin Joshua.

Andy and Julia played well together. I think Andy liked playing with someone who isn't as loud as his siblings.

I rwally love this pic of Abby and Grammy. (or Mimi, as Abby likes to call her) Abby asks to talk to Mimi and Papa Joe on the phone at least 3 times a week. I can imagine what her phone bill will be like when she is a teen.

The twins and I stayed the night instead of driving back. Here is a pic of Abby in a new outfit that Mimi and Aunt Boo found. She knows she's cute!

It was lots of fun, and Aunt Samantha got to come too! Unfortunately, I didn't get pics of Samantha, but Jenny did- so check out her blog for pics.

We love visitors!

We love when visitors come to play with us! Here are some people who have come to see us lately...

Some of our favorite visitors are our neighbors! This is Aunt Kiki and UncleTravis. Abby asks for Kiki at least twice a day. Kiki encourages Abby's girly nature by talking about things like shoes, purses, and shopping. (You know, things Mommy doesn't care about) It's a good thing Abby has such a good mentor!

Isaac likes Aunt Kiki too, but his favorite is Uncle Travis. Isaac gets very excited when he hears Travis' lawn mower; he goes to the window to watch. He also likes going next door to watch Travis play video games.

I couldn't get Andy to sit and smile, but we did try! Andy likes Kiki and Travis too. He likes anyone with a lap to sit on.

Uncle Craig came to visit us recently. He came to go with Isaac and Joe to a Braves game. (see the post below for details about the game- the one where Isaac got 2 balls)

Andy was the only one lucky enough to get a pic with Uncle Craig.

Also visiting with us is the famous European model, Isaac Benjamin. Notice his "haute couture" outfit. And his expert posing. He is touring America now, mostly baseball games. His poses are "Baseball chic".

Say "Cheese!"

It has become the new morning routine to go downstairs, eat breakfast, and take pictures. I left my camera on the table by the couch, so that is what Abby wants to play with. So, here are some cute pics of cute kids. Abby and Isaac love to pose; Andy, not so much, but I got some good ones anyway!

Cutie. She just sat down and said "Cheese!"

Isaac didn't want to be forgotten.

I was surprised I got this cute one of Andy. He never poses. This was a lucky shot!

The next day, Abby wanted to model again.

Isaac's new favorite book/ video is Chicka-Chicka- Boom-Boom. This is the coconut tree he made to go with the story.

This is Andy getting caught before he climbed up into the chair. He likes just sitting at the table. Notice he also has his Thomas train on the chair. I believe he "borrowed" it from Grammy and Papa Joe's house.

Big Weekend for Isaac

Hello Everyone out there. This is Isaac. I had a really big weekend and I wanted to tell you guys about it.

On Saturday, Mommy took me and Abby and Andy to Gommy Petty's house for a Happy Birthday Party for Gommy. That's Mommy's Grammy. Her Birthday is Tuesday. Daddy met us there and then we had dinner.

Saturday night, Daddy took me to a Nashville Sounds game. I like going there because they have a big guitar as the scoreboard. I tried to get a ball from the bullpen pitchers but they left me hanging.

It was a fun game but I did not like the fireworks at all. They were loud and chased us all the way back to the car. They were scary but Daddy kept telling me that it would be OK. I don't believe him.

We drove from Nashville to Ringgold were we were going to meet Uncle Craig at our house. We all went to sleep at 1:30 in the morning.

The next day we went to a Braves Game for Uncle Craig's birthday. The Braves were playing the Brewers. I love the Braves.

The coolest thing about this game was that during the game, the 3rd base Umpire (Daddy says his name is Angel Hernandez), called me out of the stands and gave me a ball.

Daddy and Uncle Craig were also really excited because Brian McCann hit a Grand Slam in the game. Daddy said he had never seen that before. Jason Heyward and Chipper Jones are my favorite players but I really like Brian McCann, too.

I also liked cheering for Bobby Cox as well.

But not only did I get one baseball, I got two. At the end of the game, Daddy took me down to the fence to see if any of the Milwaukee Brewers bullpen pitchers would give us a ball. But none of them had one. We were heading back to our seats and suddenly a Brewers coach appeared and asked me if I wanted a ball. Of Course I want a ball. Daddy and Uncle Craig could not figure out who he was only that his number was 55.

It was a fun long weekend.

New indoor pool!!

Really!! Well...

Last Tuesday a big storm came through bringing strong winds, lightning, and rain. The power flickered, and the kids were doing surprisingly well considering Snoopy was adding to the noise by howling in the garage.

All of a sudden, I get a phone call...from Melissa.

"Um, Jocelyn, you might want to get your pool out of your neighbor's yard before it completely blows away."

So, I did. I couldn't lose the thing, we had just gotten it the day before. It would have been a terrible waste of $13.

I brought it inside and a good time was had by all!

Notice Abby in the background. I think she was waiting for the pool boy to bring her a drink.

Andy watching the weather, or maybe Sprout.

Abby- "Yes, something with a little umbrella please."

Isaac- "Oh my goodness."