8 under fall softball

Ellies third season of softball is coming to an end. She's turning into quite the hit her. She does OK in the field, but doesn't enjoy it as much as her mama does. Her favorite position right now to second base. It's been a great season. 

Today during her third it back she reached across the plate to hit something and got hit by the ball on her finger. It was very sad because her mom was bitching to her. I walked in to see how she was doing and she was OK. She had decided she was going to be tough and not cry and stick it out. I was very proud of her.

When I threw her the next pitch, she swing hard and hit it right up the middle back at me. I was never prouder. She didn't let the ball scare her, no, she beat it back! Very proud of my Ellie!

Growing baby girl.

Clear continues to grow very fast. Unlike the other two, as she has hit two she is continuing to grow fast and strong and tall. I am having a hard time fitting anything less then four TVs on her. Tonight I put 40 jammies on her. They happen to be the same size and style that Max is still squeezing into. He would be better off in 5T is if we had them, but we don't so he continues to wear these. I got this picture of the pair of them in their matching 4 t pjs. 

Clair really did not want to stand still for this picture. Max was happy to humor me for a photo.

Raspberries

Clair's  favorite food is raspberries. This is pretty obvious. She loves a good bowl of raspberries like no other food. Recently, she's taken to putting the raspberries on her fingers as she eats them. She needs to cover all five fingers with a good solid raspberry before she will then begin and eat each one off a finger rather quickly.

She's adorable!

Max the artist

Maxes creative side kicked in several months ago. He really enjoys making art work. It was many years before he enjoyed this, so the guilt I have when I have to dispose of it is higher than that of when I have disposed of Ellies. 

On Saturday morning Max sat at the kitchen counter with scissors tape and paper for about an hour as he put together this rocket. Many of his creations include scissors and tape. This is in high contrast Ellie's which are usually flat two-dimensional very detailed and gorgeous drawings.

I'm proud of my kids and I love to watch them express themselves. But I can't collect all of these papers. So I'm attaching a picture here to remember the species of life. Good job kiddos!