Happy Birthday James

Yesterday James turned 5!  He had a fun and busy day-- birthday pancakes, a playdate with friends,  lunch at Chick-fil-a, and the church trunk or treat. We had a party at the park with some friends and family a couple weeks ago to celebrate. It rained half of the party, but that didn't bother the kids one bit.
James has grown so much this year. He is starting to read, learning to follow directions and can ride a bike like a pro. There is never a dull moment with this kid around.

We are so proud of him and so glad he's ours.

Staying busy in the fall

We do lots of fun things each week to keep ourselves occupied. Most of the time I don't stop to take pictures of them all. This is a sampling of things we've done the last few weeks for fun:

hike around the woods, bake yummy treats, have lunch with Dustin in Dallas, play in the mud, camp on the couch, go to a TCU game, make friends with the lizard who crosses our porch screen every day, watch planes land at the airport, and make pumpkins out of old socks. No wonder I'm tired all the time!

Play Ball

Michael has decided to retire from baseball and give wrestling a try. So this season it is all about James. Dustin is an assistant coach and should get 'Father of the Year' for the way he spends his time and patience working with these kids. Since this is James's first season to play t-ball, he has really learned a lot about the game and how to play specific positions. His favorite position is catcher. Unfortunately, his attention span is not quite enough to carry him through the 30 minute warm up and hour long game so by the end of the innings you can still find him playing in the dirt--just like in blastball. We have been very lucky this season that all his games have been on the field right next to the playground so Michael and Andrew have had fun at all the games running around, drawing and playing with friends.