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On Thursday, Burke had his 3rd little league game. MAN the kid is good!!
He was up to bat 4 times…and made it onto base (with a legitimate hit) all 4 times…and made it home all 4 times!!
On top of that, he made a fantastic catch at Short Stop. Fly ball that was *almost* over his head – he caught it and fell back on his butt. All the parents around me were like, “Woah! Who was that? Derrick?” And before I could even think about it, I blurted out, “That’s Burke!! That’s MY kid!” Ya. I swore I’d never say those words LOL! The very next play came to Burke at Short Stop again. This time a ground ball – which he fielded perfectly…and then tossed it over to the 3rd baseman – who caught it – for the out!
At the end of the game, Coach B called all of the boys to the bench to chat about when the next practice was and then ceremoniously handed Burke the Game Ball. Oh man, you should have seen Burke’s FACE!! It was awesome. Coach B spoke about what an incredible game Burke had – and all the other boys agreed and cheered.
Oh, and that was the first Game Ball to be given out…and the only one to be given out so far. (And yes, there has been a game since then.)
We went to see the Lowell Spinners over the weekend (as mentioned). The kids made it through the *entire* game for the very first time! And what a prize at the end…all kids are allowed to run around the bases. How cool is that?!
In all 3 pictures below, the kids are the 1st kid on the left.
Burke Rounding 3rd
Maggie Heading Home
Logan Heading Home
And the final picture of all three of them on the 3rd base side of the field.
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Logan loves to play baseball…I’m not sure he’s quite got the hang of it yet but he’s got the right idea! 😉
No Strike Zone Here!
(He’s such a goofball though, what you don’t see here is that as soon as Mommy throws the ball – to intentionally hit the *ahem* stationary bat – Logan giggles and falls backwards onto his butt. We could do this for hours…)
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I took the kids to see “How to Train Your Dragon” last week. Logan’s first theater movie! (Burke and Maggie’s second.) The movie had some scary parts, and the kids jumped some, but they LOVED it. (I thought it was pretty cute too 🙂 )
Burke and Logan
Maggie
(Don’t let the pictures fool you – Logan was in my lap the entire time. I took these while the previews were showing.)
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Burke’s face has exploded with freckles! (I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised…I have them on me wherever the sun shines 😉 )
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We went to the Lowell Spinners baseball game last Saturday (see a video of it in my last post). For some reason, they have a Herbie the Love Bug car out front. Kinda cool 🙂
Herbie, Logan, Mike, Maggie, Burke
And a GIANT shirt. (Burke seems to like his picture taken by giant things…)
My twins club got a block of seats to the Lowell Spinners game on Saturday. (The Spinners are a Single A affiliate for the Red Sox.) The kids love all of the music and activities that go on. I’m not so sure if they’re into the actual baseball stuff yet though LOL
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The Zimmer Zoo 