first of many

We went to watch cousin Emily play volleyball on Saturday... this is the start of something. First cousins, then our own kids. Maybe it's because we're new to this, but it's fun to spend some time in the gym. I'm really excited about watching our kids play sports. Joe says he wants to play soccer. And Henry can't decide between "nuffing" or "(insert sport of the day here)."

Way to go, Emily! Congrats on your wins!

kicked out

... of my bed. Happy Saturday morning to me.

hairdo

Look! She has one! Annie finally has a little bulk to her hair so I pulled out her barrettes - thanks, Devonna! They are so sweet!

I am aware that the barrette is really non-functional right now. How can that wispy hair even get in her eyes? But I'm sticking them on her head until she gets an Opinion and can pull them out. That's how we make the boy hand-me-down clothes a bit girly.

ceiling repair

So while April showers have been commonly known to bring May flowers, it turns out that they also bring a leaky roof in our house. Sigh. With the heavy rains of the past week, our living room ceiling started dripping. And so we are facing what will most certainly be expensive repairs to our roof and possibly replacing some upstairs windows and fixing up the damage to the living room ceiling... or so we thought. Joe brought a picture to me and told me I could "put it up there."

So, there you go. Problem solved. It is a nighttime scene, if you could not already tell. 

complimentary

His hugs are free. And also quite awesome.

Our Champion

It's David here. Gillian is the Kantor Family blogger, I know. But after we watched her win the basketball finals, then I saw what Gillian humbly posted about the win, I felt I had to post a little more to boast about my awesome wifey.

Every Wednesday before she would leave to go play, the boys would say "Block some shots and make some baskets!", and that's exactly what she did. We saw her play the semi-final and the final, which she played about 2 hours apart. She was not only awesome, she got better the more tired she was ... she scored 13 points in the final, about 1/4 of her team's points!

I put together a few clips of video that I captured, but what I wish I had captured were the many blocked shots - Gillian's specialty.

Way to go Sporty Mommy ... We're so proud of you!

do you want to take a picture of me because I'm so handsome?

Joe picks out his own school clothes. And he's proud of it.

And then everyone else stood in line to have their pictures taken, too. Okay, Annie didn't get in line. But she was in the vicinity so I made her take part.