Who's looking out for me?

Lincoln is upstairs watching TV for a little bit, I'm down in the kitchen puttering. He calls down to me: "Hey mom! You have to get Lasik. Cuz then you won't need any more glasses. Hold on. I'll give you the number." Then he proceeded to call the number down to me that was displayed on the TV.

Funny little dude.

Opening day for minor league baseball

was yesterday. It was Malcolm's first game in the minors. We were a little apprehensive since nearly half of their practices have been rained out this month. We were even a little afraid that the game would be rained out, but the storms passed quickly and we had enough dry hours to squeeze in the game. Lincoln and I had to leave halfway through the 3rd inning to go to his soccer game, but when we left, the Pirates were doing pretty well. Malcolm was on third base and had sucessfully stolen two bases in his 2 times at bat. We learned later that the Pirates won, 7-5. Best of all, get this....Malcolm was the one who put them over the top. In his last at bat, he hit a double and had 2 RBIs which counted as runs 6 and 7 (aka the winning runs!). Nice way to start the season.

No no no, thank YOU.

Today was the school's "Volunteer Appreciation Day" which I've never attended before. Maybe I'm modest (pshaw!) but it seemed weird to walk into the school with the intention of being thanked for what I do. But last year I talked to people who thought the same thing and went anyway and were glad they did.

Now count me in with that group. I went and boy was it worth it. First of all, when you walk in the door, they have 5th graders ready to escort the volunteers to the teacher's lounge where coffee and breakfast was waiting. We sat and chatted amongst ourselves for a bit until we were led down to the community room. On our way into the room, each volunteer was handed a long stem rose (thorns clipped, water tube attached). In the community room, all of the kids were seated on the floor and they were clapping and cheering as we walked in. Some members of the band and orchestra were playing music, though it was hard to hear over the clapping.

We were seated and the principal said a few words. Then a group of 5th graders sang part of "What a wonderful world" and several subsets of the band and orchestra played a variety of songs. Then we were escorted out to more clapping and cheering. What a cool way to spend the morning.

The crazy is catching

When I asked Lincoln what he wanted for snack today, he requested the same thing he had yesterday. When Malcolm heard that Lincoln wanted lettuce for snack he declared "That sounds good. I want lettuce mixed with carrots. And maybe some ranch!" I had already made his snack (bananas and strawberries mixed thankyouverymuch) so I said he could have it tomorrow. Shall we take bets on if he still wants it come tomorrow morning?

This kid is a little odd

I was preparing Lincoln's snack this morning and asked him what he wanted. His teacher only allows fresh fruits or vegetables (no fruit cups or crap like that), so he usually takes something of the fruit variety. He went for months only eating apples. Then it was grapes for awhile, then bananas. Once he asked me if he could take a vegetable (I think the attendance question of the day was asking if they brought a fruit or a veggie) so he took frozen peas (complete with freezer packs to keep them frozen).

Anywho, today I asked him what he wanted and he asked me if we had any lettuce. Ummm, yea, I have some lettuce. "I want some lettuce in a baggie" he tells me. What? This is the kid that never touches salad and has never in his 5 3/4 years expressed any interest in lettuce whatsoever. So I asked if he was sure. He said he wanted to taste it. So he came to the sink and devoured a leaf of romaine. He proclaimed it delicious and we negotiated how many leaves he could have (settled on 4). I can't wait to see if he's ravenously hungry after school!

Bizarre little child.