a champagne dream

Friday, July 15, 2011

Slip and Sliding

It has been incredibly hot the last few weeks. Like high 90s, even a dip into the 100s for an hour or two here and there.

And I love it. I cannot get enough of this heat. We've been soaking up the sun every hot glorious day, either in the pool, in the sprinkler or at the beach.

On a whim, Clay & I decided it was time to introduce the World's Most Cautious Water Kids to the hands down best water toy EVER.

The Slip 'N Slide.

Oh my god, my brother Cory and I LOVED our Slip 'n Slide. The water would be as cold as pure solid ice and we could have had the bumpiest back yard ever, but we didn't care- we were slipping and sliding all afternoon long until our parents made us come in.

And I was thrilled to see that Narls and Em loved theirs too. Although Narls had no idea how to make himself slide despite numerous instructions and demonstrations from Clay and myself - and seriously, the Slip 'N Slide in my memory is a whole hell of a lot longer than the Slip 'N Slide in our back yard.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Narls' 2011 T-Ball Season

Narls' second t-ball season has come to an end. Twice a week for the last five weeks, we have been at the t-ball field cheering on our boy.

Last year was a bit... chaotic... as eight 3-year-olds ran and scrambled after balls. This year you could really tell they were really getting it. Narls' hitting improved, as did his running and even his fielding (the fielding was tough for this kiddo. He'd get angry if he couldn't catch every ball that came his way and eventually he'd turn to building rock piles, much to his dad's dismay.)

He had a few of the same kids from last year on his team again this year and he met a couple new friends, but the best part was that he and his bff Christian were on the same team.

Clay coached Narls' team again, in addition to being the overall T-ball director, and the kids (and parents!) loved him. Clay adored the kids too. After every game, he'd sit them down and give them stickers and ask them what their favorite part of the game was. He spent evening at home learning signs so he could communicate better with the two deaf children on the team, he spent his own money buying bats and balls for the kids to use, and he spent time before and after the games helping out where ever he could. God, I love that man.