Home Run Derby

I couldn't take the long hair anymore. With Rubix sick for so long the hair just got in the way with holding him in the night. I really wanted to wait for a work event, Seeds of Hope, on June 11th, but I just couldn't do it. If Rubix pulled another hair of mine I was going to lose it! So I went last Tuesday and compromised with Daddy and kept it around shoulder height instead of going to my chin like I usually do. So for my 20th anniversary and 9th donation I am giving 13 inches instead of the 16 inches that I was hoping for.  It is officially in the mail and on its way to Locks of Love so that some little girl will be able to enjoy it. 

On Saturday both kiddos had a baseball game. The entire day from 9 am to 3 pm the Home Run Derby Festival ran so that the kids could enjoy fun and games before and/or after their games. Phoenix was such a big girl this year and went right up onto the slides and in the jump house with no assistance or coaxing. It was great! She had such a blast!

She was having so much fun that she forgot to play the games to win prizes and was a bit disappointment as we were heading home and she realized that she didn't have any prizes to take home with her. 

To raise extra money Daddy got a dunk tank for the day as well. Did I mentioned that Daddy Keith organized and put on the entire event and was there at 6:30 am and didn't get home until 4 pm that night! He worked really hard to provide a super fun day for all families. Anyways, the dunk tank allowed all of the kids to dunk their coaches, which made for great fun. Here is Axel enjoying his slushy while we wait for Daddy to get in the tank.

Rubix was a champ. Our babysitters apparently became unavailable so we had to manage to get through the day by napping in the stroller. He managed to take a 40 minute nap which equated to him melting down just before 2 pm. Although, Phoenix, Rubix and I had to leave an hour early it worked out great, as Rubix managed to take a late nap at home and was back to his happy self by 4 pm!

Here is Axel about to dunk Daddy!

Mommy got to try as well, but was unsuccessful with my 3 balls.

Luckily, Phoenix got special privileges so after she tried to throw the big, heavier balls we manually dunked Daddy.

Unfortunately, Daddy had a big splash zone which caused both Rubix and Phoenix to get a little wet, which both of them were not happy about.

It is amazing how much better Axel is at swimming. His form continues to improve at each practice. You can see below how natural he looks now while swimming free style. You can also see he is way ahead of his counterparts. He is typically doing 2 full laps or 4 lengths of the pull more than his teammates. He would do more if they didn't stop him for instruction :)

Last night we had our first parent meeting at Harker. It was very exciting to learn a little bit more about how next year is going to go for Axel. Some things that I didn't realize is that Spanish is apart of the curriculum. You can also take immersion Spanish after school or learn another language like Mandarin or Hindu as well with beginner or full immersion after school classes. Movement arts (dance, theater, etc) and Music (including playing an instrument) is also apart of the regular weekly curriculum. You can also be apart of the band or orchestra after school and take private lessons in addition to what they will do during class. There was tons of additional information given to us which I would love to share, but rather not be a bore. All in all we are extremely excited for Axel to be apart of the Harker community with the focus in his education being about the process and journey that he is about to embark rather than the end result. I love that!

I leave you with Rubix playing ball. I always talk about it, but wanted to share a video of how he spends most of his waking hours, especially when he is at home!