Sidelined

This handsome soccer and baseball player has been on the DL for the past few weeks while he recovered from some minor surgery.  It is so rare to get a nice, cooperative picture of him that I'm almost glad he couldn't play since it enabled me to grab this!!

His greatness

'Marconius Magnus'

This is a job for...

I wasn't planning on posting this story because I don't think it will make the transition from verbal format to blog, but after retelling it so many times I feel like it needs to be recorded for my memory.  If this flops just know that it is MUCH funnier in person! 

The boys have recently started pretending to be superheroes.  It's interesting to watch boy play develop because they started being superheroes before they had ever heard or seen pictures of the characters so prevalent in our culture right now.  They still don't really know Superman or Spiderman or the like, but every once in a while they will switch from dinosaur play to don the identity of 'Fireboy' or 'Strongman'.

The other day, while they were playing superheroes I had this conversation with Eli:

M: What's your superhero name?

E:  SUPERBANE!

M: Oh!  What is your super power, Superbane?

E:  (with very serious and intense expression and gestures) I lift up chairs.... and look for lizards!!



You never know when that skill might come in handy!

A cold opening day

I suppose it's another sign of spring that Little League has started.  It sure hasn't felt much like spring, especially for opening day which I had to navigate without Steve due to a work event.  Somehow the boys and I made it on time for the start of the parade and we survived the cold by collecting plenty of candy!

I obviously wasn't the only one worn out from the day's festivities, because during Zach's game I looked down at the stroller and found Eli fast asleep!