Completely Random Update

Where has the summer gone? It seems to be going by so quickly. Last week was already Grant's last week of t-ball for the summer. I'm sad to see it over because he had so much fun but am happy to have my Wed evenings back with nowhere I have to be. We did manage to get all of the kids on his team together for a team picture. They are all so stinkin' cute!And a couple of highlights from the last game of the season...
Socializing with the other team...aka his good buddy Peyton.
We have already done all of Grants school supply shopping and he is getting very excited to start Kindergarten. I, on the other hand am not sure if I am ready to let him be that grown up yet. I already know I am going to be a complete mess the 2nd day of school because the 1st day is a 2 hour orientation and I get to be there with him. The 2nd day will consist of dropping him off at Kids Company in the AM and then he is off to class, back to Kids Company and then I will pick him up after I am done with work. Boo hoo! I am really going to miss him being my little boy :(

The basis for my sadness today is probably because I am missing my kiddos like crazy. Grandma and Grandpa K took them back up to the lake with them on Sunday afternoon and I won't pick them up until Fri evening. I did however get to see them for a couple hours last night at Carter's (nephew) soccer game. Having them gone for the week is sort of a mini vacation at home for me but I sure do miss the madness and I still haven't been getting every thing done that I had hoped to get done this week. The last couple of weeks I have been keeping busy with my yard/flowers and editing tons of photos I took in July thus the reason I haven't had the energy to sit at the computer to actually put together a blog post. I do have plans to do a shop update, some plant pics and even some photos of the kiddos this week, if I am lucky but then again the week is already half over! Here are a couple of cutie-patootie piggy tail pics of my little Tootie to tide you over...Oh, and I'm not sure if I have mentioned this yet, but I am signed up to do an inline marathon on Sept. 11th in Duluth. It is actually the Grandma's Marathon route and YES, it is 26.2 miles! I did do a 12 mile jaunt last Thurs but I have some cheaper blades and, as a result, I acquired a nasty blister on the inside of my right foot. I tried to train with a friend on Sat but I couldn't even lace my skates up so I ended up running along with her for a while...2 miles running, power walking 1 mile and then running another mile...all in flip flops! I didn't have my tennis shoes with in the car and I figured since I had lined up someone to watch the kids and it was a beautiful morning, I might as well get some type of exercise in. I actually surprised myself because I have never run that far at once in my life! I did order a better pair of skates with bigger wheels so hopefully they will be her no later than next Tues so I can kick my training into high gear. This weekend is the local county fair and we have plans to bring the kids to the Demolition Derby on Sat night - and annual event for Grant and I and this year Audrey gets to come along (Duke too, if he's lucky :)

Mid August, I have plans to take a vacation day to bring the kiddos to Como Zoo and a little birdie told me my parents may be coming down for a visit in a couple of weekends. The rest of this summer is going to be busy and fly buy but I am determined to enjoy every last bit of it!

Lets Play Ball!

Yesterday was Grant's first night of T-Ball. In true Kleman fashion, we got there right on time a couple of minutes late so Grant headed right out to the field to meet the coach.
The whole thing was super cute but kind of a circus! There were so many kids scurrying around and going in every direction not really knowing what they were supposed to be doing. Sorta organized chaos :) I give credit to the coaches for having so much patience, especially since it was the first night and they didn't even know any of the kids names yet.
To start off, the kids lined up for a warm up lap around the bases. Check out how tiny Grant is compared to all of the other kids! Granted, the team is 5 and 6 year olds but I guess I never realized how small Grant looks compared to kids his age.
Look at that little punk rounding 3rd base and heading for home.
Next they practiced playing catch.
Grant was a little anxious about using a glove (actually a week ago he flat out refused to wear one and when I told him he had to if he was going to play t-ball he then informed me he was not going to play then! At times he is JUST like his Dad!!!)
He was pretty proud of himself because as soon as we got into the car after the 'game' he announced that he even caught 3 balls while playing catch.
Tootie had fun watching from her stroller for all of 2 minutes.
She got a little restless and decided she wanted to get out and run around like the rest of the kids.
Waiting in line for his turn to catch a grounder...
Look at the arm on that little stud!After practicing for a while, the 'game' started. Grant's team was in the outfield to start off.Audrey could have cared less that the 'game' had begun. She was much too busy running off some steam and playing in the batting nets.
Patiently waiting for his {one} turn to bat.
And finally lining up for the long awaited hit.
He's not used to hitting off a tee because he likes us to pitch to him at home. He had a couple of strikes but finally he hit the ball...and the T!!!
Go, go, go...Check out that stride!
He did end up getting tagged out but...
that didn't stop him from getting his very own 'home run!'
I am so proud of my little man and so happy that he is happy, healthy and able to have so much fun.
On the way home, he asked how long until he could play again and I told him it would be a whole week. Then he asked 'How long is a week? Of course I had to go into the explanation of how he had 2 more days of daycare, then 2 days at home and then 3 more days at daycare and after the 3rd day, then he could play again. I am sure it sounds like FOREVER to a 5 year old!