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Baseball Brighton just finished his Spring baseball season. His 3rd season so far. The team he was on for two seasons in the past seemed like good teams. We won some, lost others and Brighton learned some of the fundamentals. By the end of season 2 he was getting hits most at bats against the pitching machine. Because Brighton turned 9 in March he had to move up to the kid pitch league. In this league they have tryouts and then sort the kids based on their abilities. Watching the boys at tryouts Brighton was certainly the small fish in the big pond both in size and talent. Brighton was placed on the Sea Dogs. I took him to one of the early practices and hung around to see if I could help but there were already 4 coaches/dads actively and more knowledgeably coaching the boys. We learned that the boys on the team have played together for some time now. I guess they had an opening on the team and since they were a good team they were assigned Brighton. Poor Brighton had a lot to l...

Easter The Easter Bunny pooped eggs and chocolate all over our yard again this year.  I will mention that while our pictures are all about the Easter egg hunt, we did sit down and have a lesson on the real meaning of Easter. The hunt was done near the end of the day.   Daisy joined in with Daddy's help The Easter bunny even laid eggs in the apple tree! (We lost this tree to gophers - it fell over - less than 2 months later) Enjoying their spoils. I'm a pretty lenient mom in some respects, and one is with their Halloween and Easter candy. I don't save it and only give them 2 pieces a day for a month. Just get it over with I say. I remember doing it as a kid and I loved the feeling of having all of that candy to myself. I just draw the line at meal time, they can't be snacking on it within an hour of meals. The candy rarely lasts more than 3 days. Miss Daisy. Always gives sweet smiles And Dale is always up for a goofy fac...