Lucy used a jump rope to hang a line that crossed the length of her bunk bed. She’s actually quite good at tying knots. She hung lots of scarves and handkerchiefs on there – and told me it was what people used to dry their clothes “back ago.”
As previously stated – Lucy is enjoying soccer. She excitedly told me as she was getting dressed for game #2, that it was her “VERY second game!!!”
Enjoy!
So beautiful – great weather and hardly anyone on the lake.
Max and me
Cousins Nate and Alex and Max
Matt and Lucy
Cousins Emily and Nate
Auntie Katie and Uncle Rich
Yaya and Cousin Alex
Happy Boaters with Poppa
Thanks to Uncle Jeff and Auntie Jan for letting us enjoy the boat and cabin!
Cousin Abby-Sue and Pop
Lucy loved going fast in the tube!
Yes, our 63 year old Pop can still shore-start at water skiing!
by Max Theule
I very much enjoy Pandora.com – a website that plays a music ‘station’ of your choosing. I created a Mozart station, as we do not own very many classical CD’s. The kids can identify several Bach compositions, as we do have and listen to a Bach Cd quite a bit. Lucy today was asking, “Can we hear Noah’s Ark now?” “What’s that?” I asked. She said, “You know, Bach, Noah’s Ark…” “Ohhhhhhhhh – Mozart!”
Matt managed to SCORE on our Dodgers tickets for Mother’s Day. It was a very last minute decision to go, and what would have cost over $82.00 on the Dodger website for nosebleed seats, we got on Craigslist for $40.00 – and really great seats.
The day was full of wonderful things for Lucy, too – including her first Build a Bear experience, as our present to her. We’ve now added ‘Rainbow’ to Lucy’s vast collection of beloved stuffed animals. She had a great time – and after picking Rainbow a new dress to wear, actually declined getting her a pair of shoes! Wow – I’ll have to remember that when she is 14 and wants more shoes.
After slogging through some LA traffic, we got to the game near the end of the first inning. They were playing the Giants, which was interesting, since that is the name of Max’s Little League team (he wasn’t quite sure at first who to root for). God’s mercies were abundant that day; it was very un-crowded, we were sitting in the shade, and the kids really enjoyed themselves (especially when yummy foods were being consumed).
Room to stretch out and get my feet tickled
Wow – what a cool field. Glad we don’t have to mow it!
I didn’t mind sharing my day with this sweet 5 year old.
Especially when she still magically falls asleep when she needs to!
For our biggest surprise of the day:
Earlier I had been the food-getter while Dad and the kids stayed put. I was on the hunt for some juice for Lucy and asked an employee about it, mentioning that it was her birthday. He took me far and wide, but no juice was found. I told him it was no problem, I saw some frozen lemonade and that would be great. So several innings later – a section manger came over with a big bag of goodies for the birthday girl! Amazing – and slightly unnerving that they had found me in my seat that I had never mentioned (thought I was one of the only people not in Dodger Blue), but truly some awesome customer service. So since Lucy was sleeping and doesn’t care much for baseball schtuff, Mr. Max got a wonderful Merry Un-Birthday bag of a Bobblehead, baseball cards and other neat stuff. Such a day!
