Red Sox with Jackie

      We could have parked at Fenway park, but half the fun is getting there.  The trolleys were very, very packed getting there.  He didn't seem to mind though.  I still have a death grip on him in case he wanders off

      At around the fourth inning he felt like getting up and having a walk around, that's when he saw the old bullpen cart. 

 

      He was afraid of sitting so close because the ball was going to hit him and it would hurt...ouch

We went to the Fair !!

     For mommy's birthday this year she decided that she wanted everyone to go to the Fryeburg fair.  The kids were hot on the idea and jumped at the chance.  Jimmy had a baseball game so he stayed with Auntie Jo.  He didn't object at all.....I haven't received the full report, but i'm sure it was a spoil Jimmyfest. 
     Emily and Erin were happy to come over and join the fun.  We went up Saturday night and stayed over Neenies place.  We weren't there very long, just to sleep and roll on out.  However, in the morning when we went down to make sure we had everything for our trip you would have thought that a pack of Indians came through. 

     Six hours later Catherine was still talking about how good that lemonade was.

     Laura wanted to go on all the sky rides. 

     The kids went on the rock climbing wall.  Shooting right up the wall.

     And then off to Neenies house before the trip home.....It was almost like summer....only the water was cold, cold cold....It didnt seem to bother them though

A night in the life.....

      While on the way to Nana's house to sing happy birthday, we once again drove by Pop Pop's statue.  Usually, we just drive by and say "hi pop pop's statue".  Today I asked Jackie if he wanted to stop and he said yes as did Catherine.  We did stop and and paid a visit to the group of stones as well as his original stone.  It was neat to just hang out there for a minute.  It didn't take much effort and off we were to sing to Nana.

     I love doing these boring things with the kids.  They are so good that they don't care where they go as long as they go somewhere and do things.  It is so easy to please them.  Things like just chilling out at Pop Pop's statue.  I like that they don't mind hanging out with me yet.......

      After going to Nana's house the three oldest asked if we could go to the library so they could get a book.  We went last week and they seemed to like it.  I went into Cat's room one day last week and Jack was reading to Catherine.  so cute!!!

Football Jack

      And off he goes into the world of flag football.  He ended up being on Dominic's team and the two of them are a wrecking crew.  This top picture shows Jackie holding the ball properly (so as not to flag guard) as he finishes off a reverse handoff that took the ball to the house (touchdown) the whole length of the field.

     He is so serious when it comes to his sports, its really cute to watch.  For weeks he has yelled to me to go out on the front lawn and either play football or soccer.  It is particular things that he wants to work on, like the grip of the football or how to catch it with his hands.  The picture above he is getting ready to launch it downfield.  He told me later that he didn't throw this ball that well because it wasn't a spiral.  I love watching him play, its like the Super Bowl.

                                              Dominic dumping off to Jack for a nice gain.

                                     One of the very few times that they sat.