We are working on our first full week of school since mid-December. We are eagerly looking forward to school softball & track starting soon. We are also counting down the days to spring break! Tyler has started driving himself to school, which leaves me with about 40 minutes to myself between work and the kids getting home. I've been picking Clara up and heading out for a walk on the trail. It's really nice right now because no one else is there when I am. I can let her walk off leash and explore, although she always stays close. When we start out, she's way ahead of me, but by the time we get back to the car, she's only a few steps ahead. Guess we are both a little out of shape. :) She is such a good dog. The increasing amount of white on her face makes me sad. Anyway, it's nice to have a few minutes to myself before the bustle of kids coming home, reviewing homework, shuttling kids to and fro, making dinner, etc.
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| Today it was snowing "Styrofoam" (graupel). I thought the dead seed fluffies looked pretty with the balls on them. |
Danielle just finished up a hitting league with the high school softball players. She and 3 other 8th graders were invited to play with them. She was put in a group with the varsity players, which she enjoyed. At the last game, they faced one of the toughest pitchers the HS will face this year (according to the assistant coach). Danielle did as well or better than some of the varsity players, so she was pretty happy. That's the head varsity coach watching her in the background. He did that almost every time she was up. This weekend she's playing in some friendlies (scrimmages) with a team that asked her to sub. She practiced with them a couple weeks ago and enjoyed it. It's actually one of the teams we played in a championship game this fall. Danielle made a couple excellent plays against them, and they have been interested in her ever since. She is also playing in an out of state weekend tournament with them in a couple weeks. Inside softball is a little different, especially for a slapper, but I'm looking forward to watching her play.
We stopped to see my brother after Danielle's hitting lesson the other night. He made sure he was standing nice and tall so Danielle wouldn't look taller. It won't be long before she can look him in the eye, though. The dr told Tyler he's probably about done growing. Unfortunately he got more of my height genes than Ron's. Average for a male is 5'10". He's not quite that yet, but the pediatrician thought he could squeak that out before he was done. It was nice to visit with him for a little while. He has done a lot of work making things his own at his new house, and it was nice to see all that.
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