En route

Ellerman family vacation 2013 has commenced! And boy, our little dudes are great travelers. Oupa's car, airplane, bus transit, walked a good bit , we've done it all! 

And now we will nap. 

In Motion...

As promised, a few short clips of the boys at their first tball game.

Grady at bat, this is his 3rd time at bat. During his second he had a great hit out of the air, and here you'll see a little hit off the tee.

And here comes the wee dude. Coach needs to keep an eye on the ball. Good thing he still has quick reflexes.

Now lets check out the running. Here you will see a wee little mini baseball player with a helmet (not the kid in the red hat) about the middle of the screen kicking the dirt off of second base. That is Cole. He was highly disgusted at the dirtiness of the base and kept cleaning it until someone yelled for him to start running.

And here is G, running from 3rd. 

Another game today at 3!

T-Ball, Y'all

We are on a new, and cutest ever, sports adventure. One that requires bats too big, pants too baggy, shirts WAY too big, and a lot of confusion. Ahh, good times. After a few weeks of  practice, we dove into our first game earlier this week. No scores, no outs, just play, play, play, and a lot of being told where to run, when to swing, not digging in the outfield, etc.

Our boys had a great time, and are excited for the next game. Fingers crossed we can continue to foster this excitement for physical activity for a lifetime.

We went to bat. Here is Cole.

Cole ran to field a ball. And most of his team ran to get that same ball. Lots of enthusiasm on that field.

 Grady at the pitcher's position, which is just for show since the coaches pitch. But just note that concentration.

 High five's after the game.

 And I heard all about the game afterwards.

Tomorrow, I dazzle you with a few video clips from aforementioned game.

Food. We Like It.

Our household is doing its best to improve our eating habits. You know the drill, more fruits, less processed crap. As chief food prepare-er, I interviewed one of my clients to make sure I was on the right track.

Who knew about the apples that I had previously sent that had green inside. Hmm. Life and learn. Off to shop for fruits and veggies!

What is next?

To be honest, I am not sure. At least as far as this blog goes. I started blogging to keep family updated, but Facebook has taken on that role since its quicker. Then I blogged for a while because it was my creative outlet, but my new job is satisfying my need to think outside the box and stretch the right brain muscles. So now I am just not sure I have the motivation to keep this blog going. Life is full, in a wonderful way, and when I get a few space minutes, I am just not enjoying spending those behind the laptop.

I am prone to changing my mind, but for now this little blog will be quiet. Not gone, but quiet.

I will still be uploading pictures each month at our picture site, www.babiessquared.shutterfly.com. You will need to join as a member (its free) so you can see our pics. If you go there now, you'll see I (finally) uploaded the pics from our August trip last year.  I posted some here, but there were more I did not post.

See you over there!

UPDATE on 2/18: Watch out! I've uploaded more. Turns out I took no pictures during September, but now October's pics are online. At this rate I *may* even get the boys' birthday pics uploaded before summer. No promises, though.