Black Belt

Zachary is officially a black belt. We couldn’t be more proud of him. It’s been a long four years full of two a week practices, multiple competitions and work at home. But we’re most proud that he followed through on a goal.

Basketball

Last week, we officially kicked off basketball.  And somehow, mommy got nabbed to be the head coach….or as the boy says, “mom, you’ll be a great coach, tough but fair”.   The first week of practice went fairly well. Six really good players and one that had never played, but is athletic.   I can …

XMAS Rush

Whew, the last few weeks have been daunting.  School, basketball practice, karate black belt test and, of course, the much anticipated arrival of Christmas.   We’ve been nibbling at our Christmas list, slowly but surely.  The boy’s big wish list this year, nerf and video games.  Where did the days of Tonka Ttucks and Race …

Champs

Last weekend, the boys played in another tournament. This one was much cooler and windier..but the bats were hot.  As in sizzling On Saturday, the boys won both of their games. Z did not pitch, but he did a great job of getting on base…between walking and hitting. On Sunday, he pitched as the closer …

Eagle

Last weekend, mommy finally saw our bald eagle.  For the last few years, he has visited our park during the spring.  Pretty sure he was a juvenile at that point because he still had no white feathers. But this year, he is a thing of beauty.  Full white head and big.  He loves to sit …

Shore

We’ve been down to the shore quiet a bit lately.  First up was Cape May for Memorial Day.  The day called for rain, but was a gorgeous day. The highlight for Z, lunch at Stewart’s.  You know the boy is getting bigger when the kid’s chicken nuggets doesn’t  fill him So off we went for …

Eagles

So we’re experiencing a big of Eagle hysteria here in Philly.  And someone is definitely highly into it 331B46F3-F778-47C7-B307-0F703796960F   And after our big win last night, someone was super happy.  And by big win, I mean, mommy successfully making her first homemade pizza.  Now usually daddy is our go to guy, but he was …

Working Man

Yesterday, the little guy came to Take Your Child To Work Day. We had s fun day. The little guy took charge of mommy’ office He was sworn into duty   And we got to walk around town with a bunch of NFL football fans Not a bad day.  And the weather was amazing  

World Champ

Zachary competed last Saturday in the IMA World Championship. We’ve been practicing for weeks.  So we were more than Grit ready Ladies, we now have a 1st place champion in the house. When asked how that felt, the boy responded “I don’t know” so clearly success did not go to his head..either that or he …