All of a sudden, Jason is 7! We told him he could do anything he wanted to celebrate his big day. I was prepared for Chuck E. Cheese or a bounce house place. But, he simply wanted close friends by his side, at our house. Here was the catch, though. They would have to play Guitar Hero.
Many sets. And so they did.
Some of the kids were interested. For the most part, we all just watched Jason huddle over the plastic guitar in a bid to be #1. I think he had a good time.
Jason has had other things on his mind, though. Baseball has occupied much of our time over the last couple of months. He has moved up from t-ball to baseball and there is quite a difference. An out is an out and they keep score. The most nervous I have been all year has been watching Jason at bat or out in right field, where he spent much of his time during games.
Right after I snapped this picture, other baseball moms watched as he looked around and did a little dance. Thankfully, he snapped to attention when the batter for the other team came up, because he did a great job at stopping the ball and throwing it back to his teammates. Whew!
Jason's brothers did not watch one second of action on the diamond. Michael found a new friend, to my delight. Brittany was my hero during baseball season, happily taking away both kids and entertaining them on the playground.
Truly, it has been a nailbiter of a season. Some of Jason's teammates were very, very good. We knew we weren't in Kansas anymore, when during the first play of the first game, one of Jason's teammates easily caught a ball and threw it to a base to get a runner out. All within seconds.
Jason's team, the Red Sox, made it to the championship playoffs, playing a game against a team, the Orioles, they had alternately lost and won against during the regular season. Last Saturday, the Red Sox had to beat the Orioles twice to win the big trophy. They handily won the first game, but lost by one run in the second game.
Two great games, and here's the "baseball commissioner" giving Jason his team trophy.
Other things have been going on.
Halloween, for example. Falling on a Saturday this year was great--it meant Doug could take part in the candy free-for-all.
Jason has wanted to be a Clone Trooper for Halloween since last year. Last month, surprise, surprise. Michael wanted the same thing.
He had a little Halloween parade at school once again--and you can see, the Star Wars theme was a big hit among his friends.
On Halloween night itself, my two Clone Troopers were on hand to protect their little brother, our own Curious George.
Doug went with the older two for most of the time we were out on the streets. I went with Little Joshua, who really didn't get the correlation between saying "Trick or Treat" and getting tons of candy.
However, in between homes, the pull of candy was too great.
He would stop and dig in, wanting a bite of a sweet treat. Those peanut butter cups were definitely a draw.
Some of our neighbors went all out for the Big Night. Some just decked themselves out. For example, one of our neighbors sat in his driveway handing out candy. Joshua and I walked up to him, he turned around, put a Homer Simpson mask over his face, and turned back so we could see his face.
Joshua was not pleased.
After a little while, the sight of the candy, and Daddy, made the baby feel a little better.
Really--only on Halloween, and only when they're this young, can I get away with this.
Hope you had a great Halloween!!!!
1 comment:
Great pictures, looks like both baseball and Halloween were lots of fun!! We love you all.
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