The Best Song Ever

Thought I'd go ahead and post this here even though most of you have seen it on facebook. 

It's basically gone viral in my family.  Pretty cute stuff.  I think every co-worker of every relative I have has seen it by now.  lol. 

Sidenote: After this basketball season, Helena finally knows the difference between basketball and baseball...I think.

Go Hawks!

-Emily :)

Hey Batter Batter

Helena had her first t-ball game last night.  So cute, so funny.  It's pretty chaotic as well, but great for her to get the experience.  Her friend McKinley from preschool is playing as well and Helena told me she was excited to meet more new friends as we were walking up to the field.

They play 3 'innings' and don't really keep track of outs or try to get anyone out....just 'field' the ball and  everyone gets to take a turn at bat.  Helena hit three good ones and outpaced all the boys on her team once to field the ball.  After the fielded it, she came over to the sidelines to give me a hug.  It's so funny how at this age all of the boys are INTO IT...while the girls are just like...OK, whatever.  :)

Obviously they didn't take shirt size requests...:)

Ash showed up as she was first on the field and she repeatedly yelled at him "DAD!  DON'T WATCH ME!!"  I thought it was funny...Ash was annoyed. :)  Harper repeatedly ran onto the field to help out...crazy kid!

I'll try to take a video next game...my camera battery died on me halfway through yesterday. 

Go Orioles!!

-Emily :)

Our Little Artist

Helena is very into drawing these days.  I think some of her four year old friends at school taught her how to draw faces recently.  This is a pic of "Mommy playing basketball"...so sweet.  And honestly, it looks just about how I would draw it myself.

-Emily :)

Baller...Yep, That's Me

Right after Christmas my neighbor that I hang with a lot asked me if I'd like to join her rec basketball team.  I was a little unsure at first, considering I had not played since I was a freshman in college, but then decided, what the heck, I need to mix up my fitness routine and this might be a fun way to do it.

Fast forward six weeks or so and it's been really fun.  I'm by far not the best one on the team (several of the ladies played in college, one played for Iowa State back in the day!), but I can hold my own and usually don't embarrass myself.  Cardiovascularly, I only felt like I was going to die after the first game - partly because Ash had lost 'our' asthma inhaler and I was pretty sure that if we didn't find it that he was going to have to take me to the emergency room (we found it, thank god).  My shot isn't completely lost and I usually make at least a few baskets every game.  Hell, during the last game I had a steal and a layup!  (Then I collapsed on the floor from all the sprinting).

Anyway, last week was the rec league tournament and I knew going into the evening that if we won we'd have to play again.  Well, we won the first game by like 25 points.  Ash and the kids came to watch.  They were excited.  Helena cried part of the time because I had to sub out sometimes. :)

Then we found out that we would have to play two more games if we kept winning.  Ouch.  Then we won the second game by eight points, beating a team we usually don't beat (according to the players who have played in this league for awhile).  So now we're in the championship against a team that just beat the best team in the league (who beat us by 25 points the last time we played them.)  So, the third game of the night starts and our team is rockin' it.  It's a pretty physical game (think me vs. giant Samoan girls) with some lousy refs but we ended up on top as rec league champions by like 20 points.  Good times.  And I even got a t-shirt to prove it!

-Emily :)