June 20, 2004
Busy Days
Yesterday Katie had Swim Team time trials. The whole meet atmosphere was a little intimidating, I think, especially as she had to swim up with an older age group. There is a swim team culture like there is a gymnastics culture: kids put in a lot of hours, and parents spend several hours waiting to see their kids in action for 45 seconds at a time.
Today Katie leaves for a week of sleep-away camp. She's very excited about it -- Mary Ellen and I are a little more subdued, because she's still our little girl. Sean plays for the town baseball league championship today, capping a season that saw him start slow and really improve his hitting, fielding and baserunning. Now he loves baseball, too. Happy Father's Day.
Update: Sean's team lost an exciting 9-8 game. Sean played well, and wowed the crowd with a perfect round-off back handspring as he ran out to get his runner-up trophy.
June 18, 2004
More Random Pictures
Sean takes a break from stretching
Base hit...
Sean struggled with his hitting early in the season, but in the last half has made it on base nearly every at bat. He's fast enough to outrun a short hit on the infield grass, and popped one out of the infield on a fly for the first time yesterday.
Random Pictures
Katie getting worked-up about her birthday party...
... very worked-up!It might come as a shock to hear that Katie will attend a drama camp this summer.
School's Out
Today was the last day of school -- Summer has started. Katie will head off to a week-long sleep-away camp this Sunday, and Sean's baseball team will play for the town championship.
June 01, 2004
Fun Fair
We met some friends at a local fair and chased the kids around. James, Sean and Gavin enjoyed some stomach-churnin' rides...