First Day

The boys' first day of school was a success.  They came home happy and ready to go back again!

Organizational Day

Darren's office had their annual Organizational Day today at a local park.

It was nice to go, I don't think we have been to an organizational day since before either of the boys were born.  We brought along the boys' soccer ball for them because we weren't sure what they had planned and the kids had fun kicking it through the woods.  And after awhile some other kids arrived and they all played really well together.  Famous Dave's brought in the food and the Surgeon General gave a nice little speech about how much she appreciated all the families there.

The boys didn't want to wait in line for face painting or anything like that but they did decide they wanted to ride the carousel that the office rented for the day for the kids.  And while waiting in line for that someone brought out the bubbles and started handing them out to the kids and that made everyone happy.

We also found some wildlife to check out while playing at the park.  We found a fuzzy white caterpillar and a lizard with a blue tail.

Here are some pictures of our day!

This picture I tried using Photoshops HDR add in on, I'm not sure if I did it right because it doesn't look much different to me from a normal photo.  I'll have to keep playing with that.

Cub Scout Baseball Camp

The boys were invited to a Cub Scout Baseball Camp and had a real blast learning the skills and rules of the game.  Four players from the Potomac Nationals team taught them how to pitch, hit, catch and throw and then coached them in a game against their friends.  They both thought getting to use the batting cage was the best part of the camp, followed by getting to play a scrimmage.  Ian hit a double but ended up getting forced out a couple of batters later and Evan scored a run and happily skipped from third base to home plate.  Here a couple of pictures from the camp.  We will have to make sure to check back with this pack again and see what other fun activities they plan that we can piggy back along with!

Evan made a friend and it was so cute to see them holding hands to balance each other while stretching.

What's up with those legs?

Ian's trying out pitching.

Ian watching a real pitcher show them how it is done.