Stealing is good

Ds is playing (organized) baseball for the first time this spring. His team is currently on a 5 game winning streak and he is enjoying himself. He is throwing easily twice as far as he could when the season started, and way, way harder. My hand actually aches after having a catch with him.

Ds batted the winning run in tonight. I wasn't recording, but here's some footage from a previous game. Here he is stealing second-


Then third-


Then home-


And here's his ready stance, warming up before the game.

Spring '09 Violin Recital

This song was not part of her regular violin lessons. Her teacher did not assign it. She figured out how to play it herself, then asked her teacher if she could play it at the recital.

Very proud of her, and she is deservedly proud of herself.

Here she is with her violin teacher.


Her gymnastics teacher showed up too, and with a rose for her!


Note: She's wearing her great grandmother's pearls.