Batting practice

Once it FINALLY got warm outside, we took out Harmon’s tee, bat and balls. He played with them a bit but didn’t seem too interested. So, when we were at my parents’ house for Memorial Day (May 27), I didn’t think he would be too interested in hitting but he was – just not with the tee. Kevin, my Dad and my cousin all took turns pitching to Harmon and he did awesome! Pretty much every night since that day, Harmon has asked to go outside and hit balls and we’ve definitely obliged. He’s had batting practice at home and we’ve taken it on the road to local parks a bunch of times too. He totally loves it! In the beginning, he was early on almost every pitch so the balls would be scattered to his left (he’s a righty). Lately, though, he’s hitting the ball square and has even sent some back up the middle at Kevin. While he doesn’t hit every ball (he does SWING at every ball), he’ll get on a hot streak and smoke 8 or 9 in a row. It’s so fun to watch and I hope it’s something he’ll like to do for a long, long time!

Movie night

Harmon’s not one for a lot of Disney movies (he’s usually just happy with Cars). But, back in May, Kevin had to work on a Saturday night so I told Harmon we could rent a movie and stay up late to watch it. He chose Monsters, Inc. and he LOVED IT. Since then, we’ve done “movie night” every other Saturday and we usually couple it with a picnic – meaning we all eat dinner together on a blanket on the living room floor. In addition to Monsters, Inc., we’ve seen Finding Nemo, Toy Story and Happy Feet. He LOVED Finding Nemo but I’ve struck out with the other two. I need to redeem myself next week so he doesn’t lose interest. Movie night is a blast!

Dinner on October 23 will be ...

They say when you have kids that you should enjoy every moment because the time truly does go by too fast. Well, this is true, as Harmon seems like a little man right now and Simon is a big boy. But, it doesn't help when your 3-year-old is constantly pressing the fast-forward button on life. An example: This morning when Harmon got out of bed, I told him to take off his pajamas and go to the potty. He was, however, more interested in knowing what pajamas he would be wearing to bed tonight. Innocent enough, you say, but he is always doing this. When it is breakfast, he asks what is for lunch or dinner. When we get home from work/daycare in the late afternoon, he wants to know what is happening the next morning. Don't get me wrong, this really is cute and we get a chuckle out of it. Maybe it is a good sign that he is always thinking ahead. Maybe his Mommy can help him organize his upcoming days and nights, meals and pajamas, etc., into a spreadsheet?

BIG LIP

OK, I think Simon wins the big lip contest. Kevin called him "NEWTAGE" really loud this past weekend and this was the result:


Don't feel too bad for him - he didn't cry at all. Actually, he started smiling right away. Weirdo.

This was the result in early 2006 when Kevin called Harmon "NATOR:"


Harmon was a little more sad after the fact but that didn't stop us from doing it again and again. They both have cute pouts and we like to see them so ...

Look alike

This is one of the MANY things I love about having two boys - they get to wear the same clothes! And Kevin and I get to go on and on with crap like "remember when Harmon wore that ... blah, blah, blah!" I'm sure, pretty soon, it's going to get pretty old to BOTH of them but, until then, we're going to keep doing stuff like this. There's nothing they can do about it!