I actually got to leave the house this weekend for 5 1/2 hours of baseball games! I love this picture of IJ because it shows that 1) He is watching the ball and 2) He is on second base which means 3) He hit the ball hard enough to get on base and not get tagged out.
After the games I returned home and welcomed our dear friends the J family. They brought us many gifts of dinner, fun things for the kids, and new furniture! Don't you wish you had a friend like that? The kids watched Pokemon:
While the Moms caught up and the Dads played catch outside. What a fun night! We need to have people over more often! And here is how the lower living room looks:
Everyone loves having their very own cushy place to sit! And with a family this size, having space can be important!
Today we took our annual trip to the beach for Mother's Day. We really wanted to get a new family picture, but this happened:
The kids went swimming. That is IJ actually swimming behind E. In the cold, cold Sound water. He is so much like his dad, who after enough taunting will do this:
And carry IJ out into the water and throw him in, much to his delight. But F was not pleased and tried to defend her brother. So these are the best family pictures we got:
And later, I earned my Motherhood Badge when this sweet little guy...
...peed, pooped, and puked on me.
