Wordless Wednesday: Fan

Maggie is quite the tee-ball fan and cheerleader for Gwendolyn's team.  Well a fan that tries to run out on the field and steal the ball constantly.

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10/ 52 weeks of happiness

We had a really good, semi-productive weekend.  The productive part doesn't happen all too often around here, so when we do make progress on things, it makes it all the better.

We woke up to unexpected thundershowers Saturday morning, and Gwendolyn's soccer game was cancelled. We went to breakfast, then came home and relaxed until later in the afternoon.  We worked a little on the garden and played ball in the backyard.  

Sunday I slept until almost 9 or so and Keary and the girls brought home breakfast.  We finished up the planting the garden and putting brick and rocks down along the sidewalk.  Hopefully the bricks will cut down on the amount of mud Waylon, Gwendolyn and Maggie get into. 

Gwendolyn was very excited to give me the cards she made and gift she picked out.  She made me three or four Mother's Day cards, all brightly colored and pictures of the family she had drawn.  And she picked me out some gardening gloves and bag with tools in it.  Keary said she had really wanted to get me a bike but he told her I needed to be there to help pick something like that out, so she chose gardening supplies.  I was very  impressed she managed to not tell me what she got me.  For three days I heard, "Momma, I have a surprise for you.  It is your Mudder's Days gift."

Keary also completely surprised me with a new laptop with photoshop and everything on it.  I thought it would be at least another year before I got a new computer.  He said he decided I had been actively working on improving my picture taking skills that he wanted to make sure I had all the tools to use.  Like I said, I was completely surprised and that never happens.

I also spent some time with my Grandy Sunday.  I sat with her while she talked and I tried to reassure her that everything was going to be okay.  It is hard to say if it helped, but she did calm down eventually and even was able to introduce me to some of the staff as her granddaughter.  She still always seems to be able to recognize me but sometimes says I am her daughter and other times knows I am her granddaughter.  She recognizes me though so I'll take what I can get.  

I also snapped a few pictures of her while I was there and she was calm.  She bruised one side of her face earlier in the week, so I chose to do more of a profile picture. 

 I even managed to get the picture loaded and edited and to my mom for part of her Mother's Day gift by the end of the day. I know that she appreciated it.  

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Motherhood

Motherhood.  Whether she birthed the child or he or she was born in her heart, motherhood changes a person.  It a lifelong bond not just between the mother and child but also mothers everywhere.

It is the sleepless nights sitting up with the baby with colic or sick child, it is the endless worrying and concern, scraped knees and broken hearts, reliving events from your own childhood through fresh eyes and new wonder and excitement. It is the baby's breath and toddler kisses, outstretched arms and full body hugs using every ounce of strength and first time he or she tell you "I love you". It is endless amounts of laundry, occasional feelings of being a short order cook, wearing butt grooves in the rocking chair, lack of privacy and never getting to go to the bathroom by yourself. It is magical kisses that can make everything better and truly loving the macaroni necklace your 4 year old gives you.  It is this and so much more.

I was super tired when I took this.  Sometimes you can't help but get tired when you are rocking and your toddler is all snuggled up next to you.

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Understanding the concepts

Tee-ball didn't really get off on the right foot with us.  First we practiced with the wrong team. Then we only got one practice in with the team Gwendolyn was actually assigned to before it decided to rain and pour for a week solid, soaking the field so much that even when it stopped raining, we had to wait another couple days for the field to dry.  But we finally had practice again Thursday.

There are 14 or 15 four and five year old girls on the team, and only a couple of them understand how to field the ball.  My child is not one of them.  She can throw and sometimes catch the ball but doesn't really know or care what to do when the ball is hit in her general direction.    Gwendolyn watched the ball roll by a couple times and then just stared at her coaches and me while we yelled and pointed to get the ball and throw it to first... second... third... then home.  Understanding the concepts will come in time.

Oh, but she loves to bat.  They practice hitting the ball a coach pitches to them first then hit it off the tee and run.  Hopefully the concept of running the bases and actually touching all the bases and not just running around  all the girls on the field will come in time.

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