School is out today for Tucker, but we’ve been enjoying the river already and generally pretending it’s arrived. Some highlights from this Spring….
Tucker went to a UVa baseball game with David and Austin and loved it. It also helped him understand the game at a new level (now when we play in the yard, he makes sure to keep an accurate count of balls/strikes, etc.). At the beginning of t-ball this year he could barely catch and by the end he made catches to get people out in games (outs are a very infrequent occurrence in t-ball). Maybe he’s a future 3rd baseman because he can throw far too.
Yesterday Tucker hitched Clarence to our wagon and put a treat at the end of a pole so that Clarence would pull him around the yard. Clarence just stood there and grinned. The treat was not a big motivator. Molly spent the night in a pop-up bus play tent behind her futon in the corner of her room, with approximately 6 water bottles—but it was hard to get a picture given the tight squeeze.
This is Molly earlier this Spring when she bullied her friend Luke into dressing up with her. And her at her Bible study concert—she was much more interested in snagging her favorite teacher’s lap and grinning than actually singing. But she didn’t actually turn away and face backwards this time.
And Tucker made his debut as an altar boy this weekend while I was away. Henny surreptitiously grabbed some photos for me. Tucker said it was the best part of his weekend (even better than going to his grandparents’ pool for the first time this season, watching Frozen with his grandparents, or going to the river…), and that he likes being up there better than being in the congregation. He said his favorite thing was when he brought the incense to the altar for it to be used (ie his favorite part was when he was on the spot, all eyes on him, doing something he’s never done before!). Wow. I tried to post a video him at his author reading at school last week (video didn’t work) but they had this “about the author” blurb that the teacher read—Tucker said he wanted to be a priest. Given that most of the other little boys picked ninja warrior, or video game designer, Tucker’s choice turned some heads!
