She's Four....I Can't Believe She's Four

I both love and hate that my little girl is getting so big, but what can you do?

Since the Boy is in Arkansas, she decided she wants to wait and have her party when he gets back.  We thought it would be good to go ahead and let her open one present on her birthday and take her to the movies. She loves her little, purple scooter and is working on how to drive it.

I love you, Sis.  You are absolutely amazing.

Arkansas!!

The Boy has left for Arkansas for the entire month of June! We left the day after school got out and he is already having a blast.  He got to sit in the captain's chair on the plane and push a few buttons.

He is mostly going to play ball for his uncle who coaches a 7-8 year old team there.  They are serious about their baseball in Arkansas. They play full rules and use a pitching machine, which the Boy has never seen.  I was honestly worried.  I stayed in Arkansas long enough to catch his first game with the team.  After only spending 15 minutes of practice with the machine, he did awesome!  Struck out once, but got a hit and a run, too!

His teammates were so welcoming and friendly and curious why the Boy was a foot shorter than all of them. Despite that, he fit right in.

We got to spend a little time with my family and he made friends with Aunt Jo's dogs. He's going to have a great time!

Drummer

The Boy saw a drumming performance at his school and decided he wanted to be a part of that action.  So we put him in a bucket drumming class.  

He had a great time learning the song (which was largely the beat to We Will Rock You) and performing for his school mates at lunch during the last week.

Lifeguard

While we were at a primary swim party a mom came up to me and said, "I want you to know that the Boy just saved Sam's life". 

A three year old had gotten into water a tad too deep for him.  The Boy was the only one who saw it and quickly grabbed and moved him to more shallow waters.  Good job, Boy!!