Take Me Out to the Ball Game

On Easter weekend, Logan got a special surprise... a Saturday ball game with daddy. Logan and Greg took in Logan's first game at Busch Stadium. I wasn't there so maybe Greg should blog this... well, I'll just convey the stories he told me.

When they got there, Logan was completely captivated and stood at this rail and stared for a looong time.

Here's the view from their seats and the St. Louis skyline.

They found their seats and setttled in. Logan was still a little overwhelmed by all the loud music.

But after he got snacks and a balloon and a Sprite, he started to enjoy himself.

He even started clapping! Go Cards!

They made it to the 7th inning until the tarps came out.

I forgot to ask who won the game... well, I guess they left before it got over. I know that Pujols hit a homerun and there were fireworks. Logan tells Tyson about this frequently. He also tells him, "You too little to go. you have to get big."
In other news, Logan LOVES to play baseball. He'll assign the positions, "You be the thrower, I'll be the hitter." If I pitch to him and he misses, he says, "Try again Mommy." He's already got that male ego going-- of course he couldn't have missed it, it MUST be momma's pitching! He's pretty decent at hitting the ball now and he doesn't even use the tee anymore. I'm pretty sure his athleticism has now surpassed him mommy's.

Easter Continued

After church, we went to Festus to Grandma and Grandpa Bradley's house.
Nick and Alex were there and Logan and Tyson were ready to play with them.

The kids played with toys from the Easter bunny.

We ate.

We ate other things besides cookies but these were my contribution.

And we had an egg hunt.

It was raining outside so we hunted in the basement.

Each boy was assigned a color so there were no fights!

Tyson mostly just wanted to drive the car!!

Then we went upstairs and checked out the goodies.

Tyson's favorite thing was this ring pop.

It made quite a mess!

A good Easter was had by all!!

The boys fell asleep in the car. Tyson was asleep before we even hit the highway-- Logan shortly after. We woke them up when we got home and tried to get them to eat supper. Apparently they had already consumed all of their daily calories in SUGAR.

Easter 2011

Logan woke up first. He ran in looking for the Easter bunny. He totally passed up the baskets and was confused... until he saw the basket of CANDY on the kitchen table.

His excitement woke up Tyson

who also broke out a smile when he saw the basket of CANDY.

The boys had so much fun exploring their baskets

Tyson even gave a little clap to show his appreciation

Somebody loves peeps!

Logan loved his Spiderman coloring book!

After feeding our kids candy for breakfast, we dropped them off in the church nursery. There is a special reward in heaven for the Easter Sunday morning Sunday School teachers!
We had a great service at church celebrating our risen Lord.

Who told them they could grow up?

Happy Birthday to our Cousins

--- and one Uncle. Two of Logan and Tyson's cousins and one of their Uncles all share a birthday week. We've had lots of fun birthday celebrating.
We started by taking a trip out to Warrenton to visit Grandma and Grandpa Higgins. Logan enjoyed the car ride.

 But Tyson fell asleep :)

 Once we got there, Tyson was ready to party!

 It was a beautiful day. It was 90 degrees. Pretty warm for the beginning of April. Here's the birthday boy hanging out on the porch with Grandpa and Uncle Brian.

 The boys were all anxious for cake!

 That's a lot of boys! Jared was turning 5 years old! His dad, Uncle Jason, also has a birthday the same week.

 These two cousins are only 6 weeks apart in age. Don't you wish you could know what they are discussing?

 We had fun with Uncle Brian but we sure missed Kari!

 The next weekend was dedicated to celebrating Nick's birthday! Nick had a swimming party at the Ste. Genevive Rec Center. Logan loved the big pool. After we went swimming we went to the party room to PARTY!

 Again, that's a lot of boys! Nick opened his presents-- with a little bit of help from his little brother.

 Nick had a Penguins of Madagascar birthday party. Julie made the poster backdrop.

 Logan loved getting to celebrate Nick's birthday-- and eat pizza. I've been telling Logan that his birthday would come after Nick's birthday. As the party guests were leaving and the party was wrapping up, Logan leaned over to me and whispered, "Now it my birthday?"

 Tyson liked hanging out with Grandpa. Tyson DID NOT like the water. He would not have anything to do with Grandpa while Grandpa was in the pool. Once Grandpa got out, he was happy to hang with him.

 Tyson also loved playing with Nick's balloons and being around the big boys!

Happy Birthday to Jared, Nick, and Uncle Jason!