or about another week, though.
Danielle marched in a parade this morning and then played a softball game. That would have been tiring enough (she was on the go for about 5 hours), but the temperature was in the 90s, which was well above normal. She was a trooper, though, and pulled it off. She even had a hit and scored a run. It was great to have Ron's parents spend the day with us, too.
Here are some various nature pics I've taken recently, including a picture I took tonight of our baby robins. They are growing quickly - that nest is getting crowded!
Our baby birds are getting bigger, but they still won't cooperate for a good picture. I don't think they can open their eyes yet, and they aren't peeping yet, either. Shouldn't be too much longer, though.
I begged this kid to stand still when we were leaving Girl Scouts last night. She's usually kind enough to indulge her snap-happy mom. (You rarely see pictures of Tyler because he is not.) Last night was their last meeting until school starts again. They had a lady come speak to them about manners and they had a little tea party. Danielle really enjoyed it.
Danielle's baton group performed at a celebration in our little town this morning. They wore new uniforms and performed a new routine. They looked so cute and did a great job. They are performing at the school's variety show next Friday and will be marching in our Memorial Day parade the following Monday. I love watching her twirl and am looking forward to a couple more performances before they break for the summer.
Tonight was Danielle's first softball game. She moved up to coach pitch softball this year. It's kind of rough because she's now one of the youngest in this age group, which can include kids as old as 3rd grade. We have a lot of young girls like Danielle on our team. Tonight we played a team of mostly older girls who have all played together for at least 2 years. It wasn't pretty, but Danielle had fun. And she looks adorable in her uniform. She played 2nd base for the 1st 2 innings and did a great job! She played catcher for the 3rd inning and admitted to me later that she HATED it. She clacked when she walked and could barely see out of the mask. I thought it was funny. She was a good sport, though, and tried her best. She played in the outfield for the 4th inning. We didn't have to play out the rest of the innings because we were so far behind! I found the perfect job to keep Tyler occupied this season. That should make the games much more bearable (for me). Goodness, is he restless during 
the game!
s...she looks cute.
A couple days ago this young robin was hopping around our yard. It sat on the fence and cried for food until its momma brought it a snack. 
oday.
he finished it.
Danielle had to do an animal report & project this grading period. She considered picking snakes, like Tyler did in first grade, but she settled on flamingos. She did a really good job writing her paper - definitely a keeper. I thought her project was really cute, too. She drew a flamingo pattern and then traced 20+ of them (she didn't use them all), glued parts of a feather boa on them for wings, glued them to the box, & then added beaks & legs (which was difficult since she had to reach over the attached lid). She drew the palm trees, too. I'm sure everyone got a good grade on their reports & papers, but Danielle was pretty proud of her work anyway. 
Tyler was in the Lego Club this year. They met from January - April. This Tuesday the school held a silent auction to auction off the completed sets the kids put together. The starting bids were well below retail, so we bid on the largest set...and won! Tyler was SO excited. This set is for ages 16+ and has over 4000 pieces. Tyler's largest set until now had 1200 pieces, so this is a big jump. The set has 2 identical towers, so Ron and Tyler started off each working on a tower. I knew Tyler was good, but I expected this set to slow him down a little since it's for ages 16+. His group worked on another set, so he didn't have experience putting it together already, either. He hasn't had any problems at all, though. In fact, he works faster than Ron & hasn't made any mistakes at all yet. He helped Ron fix one of his mistakes, though. ;) We took it all apart on Wednesday, and they got started that night. Danielle and I help by sorting & helping to find the pieces they need. These pictures are from Wednesday, Thursday, & today.
