Aedan around the house...

Aedan has been rotating between 3 outfits when we're at home.  His first outfit is his titans jersey, shorts, and long navy blue socks (sometimes over his soccer shin guards).  His second is his cubs jersey, with his baseball helmet, and some shorts.  Last, he wears his Clemson football outfit.  He changes them sometimes throughout the day.  Today, in particular, he started out in his Clemson outfit and then switched to his Titans gear.  hahaha!!!!

 

Sporting his Titans outfit:)

ready to throw!
Yes, there is a football game in the background.  It is a repeat of the Alabama/Arkansas game.

In other big news with Aedan, is that he has started his reading book!  We usually do it together while Mercy naps.  I think we are on about Lesson 8!  :)  Only 92 more to go!  (with plenty of time) yay!

Aedan's writing board
1st row- me
2nd row-him
3rd row-him tracing my dots
4th row-me
5th row-him
He loves writing on a dry erase board! :)

Aedan with his book!

Josiah's chapter book

A couple days ago, Josiah (completely on his own) decided to write his own chapter book.  Yes, his own chapter book.  The first chapter was on sharks, the second was on lions, the third on wolves, and the fourth (and final) chapter was on whales.  He was very excited about his nonfiction writings!  He even took it to school the next day.  Miss Sellers let him read it to the class:)  Josiah said that when he finished a lot of his classmates were saying that they wanted to write chapter books, too!  Go Josiah!  He is starting a new trend in the 1st grade:  write your own chapter book!  Woot! Woot!  

 

Working on his chapter book!

With his final product:)

wacky hair

Tomorrow is "wacky/tacky" day at school.  Here is a picture of Josiah's hair...a practice of his wacky style for tomorrow.  Aedan wanted his hair done as well:)  Wait till you see Josiah's outfit.  I have a hard time sending him in such a tacky outfit.  hahaha!  Pictures to come:)

 

Game 7

We just finished Game 7!  That means that we are more then halfway done with the season.  The Braves won 19-4!  Woot! Woot!  Aedan batted three times.  His first hit off the tee was great!  The next two were from coach's pitch.  He hit them both and the second one went really far, bouncing once before going to the grass.  The team looked a lot better on defense then the previous game.  The coaches had made some adjustments, switching the pitcher, so I guess they needed to get used to the changes and their new positions.  They looked so much better after Sunday's practice.  Here are some pictures and videos. 

Aedan at second

Aedan at first.

 

Here is his really good hit off the tee:

 

Here is his first coaches pitch hit.  You'll notice that they made him go back to first because the umpire called the play over.

 

Here is Aedan's really big hit from coach's pitch.  Didn't get a video because there were people standing in my usual spot.

Game over~



Games 5 and 6

The team had two games this week.  Because of Labor Day, our usual Monday game was moved to Tuesday.  And, because of the holiday weekend, there was no practice since the previous week.  Our first game was against the Indians.  (There are four teams total, so this particular week, we were in the process of playing everyone twice.  Next week, will start the third rotation.)  The game was very close, and we ended going into a fourth inning being tied.  The Braves ended up winning.  It was VERY stressful to say the least.  hahaha!  They pulled it through, though. whew...a close one.

 

Aedan on the field.

Aedan at 2nd.

Aedan at first.

Game over.

A couple of videos from the Tuesday game:

Next, last night's game.  We played the Riverbandits, who are undefeated.  They are the only team that has beaten us.  It's pretty clear they are well coached with talent.  I wasn't sure what to expect.  Would we win? Lose?  Expecting anything, really.  We started out pretty good and stayed in the game much better then last time.  At the end of the 3rd inning, we were in the lead, but since there was time left, we had to go to a 4th inning.  bummer.  Wish it would have ended there.  We ended up with a tie.  (23-23)  At least they didn't beat us, so it was better then getting beat.  Aedan, honestly just seemed tired.  I think the later games are harder for him.  Mainly because he's playing baseball when he usually goes to bed, and I'm sure being at CBS all day doesn't help, either.  I think we only have one more late game this season, so that will be better for him.  I look forward to the team having a practice this Sunday.  He's still liking it, although, he has mentioned soccer a couple times recently, and was asking me at what age he could play football.  haha!!!

 

Here's a video from last night:

If you are interested in going to the league's website to see scores, etc., click HERE!  (You may have to change the Divison to 4-6 T-Ball when you click around on the site.)

Mercy's manicure and pedicure:)

A look into Family Worship: