The shop is not the most interesting place for the boys to hang out, but every so often they come up with an inventive way to pass the time:
(Their “ball” is a plastic wrapped ball of yarn, just the right size…)
Inventive
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Tag Archives: baseball
Must be summertime
The first baseball game!
We’re pretty sure the boys’ team won, but we are hazy on the score.
I’m pretty sure that was Joe batting, but we were hazy on that as well.
The only real problem was that it was really cool, and we were all wishing we had sweatshirts. What’s up with that? It’s June, for Pete’s sake.
After posting last night, I remembered that there is another young relative that was born within the last year that doesn’t have a quilt from me yet, so I brainstormed and got started on something for him last night. I’m sure you were worried.
And today, I’ve been working on plans for a commission quilt project, it’s going to be a lot of work, but it’s going to be a beautiful project in the end. The biggest challenge will be giving it up when it’s done!
TTFN-
Suzanne
Can You See Me Now?
This one made me laugh.
I think it’s going to be the inspiration for a page in the next altered book round robin I’m supposed to be working on. I’m thinking about using quotes or phrases with the word “SEE” in them. No idea how to lay it out or anything, but that’s the general idea. Hopefully I’ll have some inspiration during the night, since I really need to get this done…oh…about 2 weeks ago….
My car needs an oil change, which is sort of funny since it’s been just barely a month since I got the previous oil change. Unless you know that the poor car has been to:
Kansas City, St. Paul, Wisconsin, St. Louis, and various other small trips here and there….
All in the last 5 weeks.
No wonder I’m tired, my house is a disaster, and I feel like I’m getting nothing done….
Maybe something will get done tomorrow.
(I was telling a friend that I was sounding an awful lot like Scarlett lately…there’s always tomorrow….)
Til tomorrow then:
Scarlett
Suzanne
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
The weary travelers have returned — we actually got home yesterday, and I intended to blog a bit last night, but we were only home for about an hour before we headed out to the movie theater — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End was playing in town, and we didn’t want to miss it! Remarkably, we managed to stay awake through all 3 hours, and didn’t get too uncomfortable…
So. Vacation. I’ll give you some hints, and then you can follow the link for the rest of the post to see if you were right:
We were able to drive to this location (about 6 hours) — we live in Iowa.
Home to one of the USA’s most amazing symbols: it is an architectural wonder
The Birthplace of Tums
Home of one of the country’s best zoo
Home of the 2006 World Champion Baseball team
Got any guesses?
Long, quiet weekend
Actually, it was a busy weekend, but my blog was very quiet. Would you believe that I never even turned on my computer yesterday? At all? I really needed to get some quilting done, and so I just left it off. It was a little weird, but it was good for me.
I did turn it on today to make sure I didn’t have any book orders, and because I needed to look at some of the pictures I had taken at our Memorial Day family picnic and baseball game.
Well, it was on Sunday, so it wasn’t *really* a Memorial Day picnic.
And we ate inside, so I guess it wasn’t really a picnic either.
We did play baseball, though. Our “rules” are pretty loose though — it was kids against adults. The kids earned points for every run they scored, the adults earned points for every out they made. (Only the kids bat…and there are only 4 of them, so sometimes a kid has to run out to a base to take over running bases for the next kid in the line-up).
I surprised all of us by actually catching a couple of balls and making a few outs at 1st base, so that was a good thing. I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m afraid of the ball…
I can’t remember who won. The kids probably. But I think it was pretty close.
After we ate our picnic-that-was-eaten-inside, we headed back out to the baseball field. (I should mention that we have a 2 acre lot, and in the northwest corner, my DH put down some stones that we use as bases, and then he mows lanes and an area for the pitcher’s mound). It’s a nice flat space, and is pretty close to the size of the baseball diamond they use at this age.
This time, we weren’t really playing for points — the kids wanted to pitch to the adults, and then the kids wanted to hit some more balls. I took my camera out and got some pretty good shots. It was pretty entertaining. Joe made a big production of winding up and acting like a “real” pitcher. The 3 boys all did some pretty decent pitching. Then they started to get tired and silly and very few made it across the plate….
Here’s a shot of Joe pitching: he was very serious about it.
And here is Will waiting for the catcher to throw the ball back to him. You might notice that his right eye is a little red. He “caught” a ball with his eye earlier in the evening. He insisted (to me) that it didn’t hurt.
One last picture, of the other “boy” that lives here. He is pretty happy that the 2 little boys both like baseball…the “big” boy would be out playing catch all day long if he could, I think….
I spent most of Monday quilting, and instead of sitting here at the computer, I really ought to be in the studio finishing. I’ll try to post some pics of the quilt on the frame tomorrow!
TTFN-
Suzanne
