Summer's here!

School has only been out for a week and already we have a routine established! Wake up - and Laurel has been sleeping late which is a bonus - run the errands I need to, then pool for a couple of hours, then naps, then dinner and ball. After practices and games, we usually hang out at the park for another couple of hours and let the boys play and the adults just chat, then baths and bed. So far it has been really relaxing. Just what we needed!
The pool is great! I do not like that it opens at noon, since it would be better for us to get there earlier, but on Saturday we had some friends join us and Laurel actually napped there. We stayed for almost six hours! Carter and John Michael are already super tan, even though I apply sunscreen like crazy on them.
Carter made the all star baseball team and those games start in a couple of weeks. Davis is the coach and there has been big drama about who is going to pick to be his assistants. Thankfully, that was settled tonight. I am going to order the team trophies tomorrow for our parties this weekend. We are going to have a make your own sundae party. Any unusual topping ideas are recommended! I have about 100 to do both parties and hope that I have enough.
I found a parakeet the other day outside the house too. I caught it and it now lives with our neighbor who was very excited to have it.
Other than that, it is just the same old same old here. Nothing new! Although Laurel does have a new word - nasty. And you can tell her to make and ugly face and she scrunches up her nose and frowns and grrs at you..... too funny!She also has a new trick where she plays "jockey" and stands on her riding zebra. And John Michael got to play in the coach pitch game the other night. He cried when I asked if he wanted to, then asked to speak to me in the bathroom and said he wanted to. He did great! He hit it every time (although he did get out since he hit it right down the first base line.) Big boy! They saw Up tonight with Wa Wa and had a blast. They have big plans to try and tie balloons to our house tomorrow to see if it can float.
Gotta go find Kitty Lover Baby.... I hear a cat fight! She is definitely not a lover, but a fighter.....