Other things this weekend- Henry.

Don't feel bad that mama didn't take us to the soccer game. We needed naps so that we could go over the Gracie and Audrey's house for a cookout!

While we got ready for the cookout, June watched a little tv in her chair.

We had a great time at our friends' house. They have a big backyard with a big playground. Gracie and I played while the babies sat in their fenced in playyard.

But June didn't want to stay alone for long because there were also three big dogs running around trying to get in. Later we all took baths and tried to settle down to go to bed. The little grils settled down and fell asleep early, but Gracie and I started out in the same room and eventually had to be separated when Gracie's bed "broke"- all the covers and sheet just happened to spontaneously fall off. Mama and papa stayed up late playing RockBand with Miss Becky and Mister Andy. Eventually they came and got us and took us home.

Today June had a hard time recovering from the late night and a nasty cold. She's perfected her smoker's cough and we found two more surprised when she opened her mouth.

She got another bottom tooth (bringing the bottom total to 4) and is working on another top front tooth (which will bring the top to 4). Mama says that I was the same way as a baby. I had two teeth for months before I grew the rest of them in the span of 3 months. Looks like June is going through the same thing. Hopefully she starts to feel better soon.

After lunch we both climbed up on the stool to help papa make some coffee.

June was awfully pleased with herself, but wasn't much help making coffee.

Later papa and I went out for a walk and came home to find mama making banana oatmeal bread. She let me help with the blender while she added the oatmeal.

And she even let me have a taste.

Gracie's soccer game- Henry.

Yesterday mama left us at home and went out to watch a soccer game.

She met up with her friend Audrey and watch our friend Gracie in her soccer debut.

When the game started, Gracie was the first kid to kick the ball.

But getting that many 3-year-olds to play an organized sport is a big challenge.

After time outs, the coaches would ask for six kids to plays and most just sat on the sidelines happy to watch.Mama liked watching all the kids. A few, like this one, were actually really into the game.
Others needed emergency substitutions for potty breaks (this is mama's favorite photo).
In the end, the Purple People Eaters had a great showing for their first game. Gracie and her dad "Coach Andy" celebrated, even though we're not sure of the final score.
Audrey gave the game "two keys up."

It's baseball season-Juner.

On Friday, we drove two hours to Zebulon, NC, to watch the Carolina Mudhens take on the Cincinnati Reds.

It was great to see the Reds in action and so close. We were probably about 10 rows up and mama and I almost got hit by a foul ball. (Don't get mama started on how dangerous baseball can be.)

Papa saw his current crush- Jay Bruce. And we all saw more players up close when they were signing autographs before the game. Mama even got to watch Bronson Arroyo warm up from about 20 feet away.

We gave mama and papa a hard time by not taking naps on the way to the game and just being punks in general for the first few innings of the game. But later we calmed down enough to let mama and papa watch a little of the game.

Too bad the Reds didn't feel like showing up. They lost to their minor league affiliate 12-4. It looks like it's going to be a long hard season.

Henry is a seasoned veteran of long sporting events and knows you can always leverage good behavior with candy. Mama told Henry not to bite his sucker and he made it last 3 innings.

Later, he convinced papa that he needed "some of that white stuff." So papa bought him the big tub of cotton candy. He portioned it out and got to eat a bite at the end of every half inning.

We had a great night and got to stay up way past our bedtimes! We can't wait to go back to more ball games.

I think mama and papa had a good time too, but mama says next time she's getting a babysitter.