Basketball!

Alden and Calvin had planned to do baseball this season but there wasn't enough people signed up so they moved us to basketball! It has worked out really well because both boys have been able to be on different teams this time around but they practice at the same place and same time. I am not big into watching sports...basically I don't watch sports at all but I do love watching them play especially their age group.  In Calvin's group it is not uncommon to see someone drop the ball but everyone just lets them pick it up and continue.  Also I have seen players hand the ball nicely to others on the other team just because they almost caught it.  This is my type of sport, they are all just being kind and helping each other learn to play!
By Alden's age group the kids are starting to get competitive, I almost wish Alden could play with the younger group where they are so giving and kind.

These are just a few random pictures of my sweet little boys! Alden has now lost 3 teeth and has a couple more that will probably fall out any day.  Calvin is growing up so quickly, he is becoming so independent in so many ways, in preschool he can do everything on his own now and never needs help from me.  He can read and blend words all on his own and enjoys doing so!  Benson is also learning and changing a lot as well.  His vocabulary is taking off and his words are becoming clearer and clearer.  He even says Dada or Daddy now!!! (Daddy has always been Nana, we would correct him but he insisted it was nana, it wasn't that he couldn't say dada because he would use that for other things but Daddy was Nana.  Just the other day he said Dada for Daddy and will sometimes say Daddy now.  He will often still say Nana first but then will say how he means Daddy.) Benson loves gorillas and will talk about them all of the time, he also loves to sing songs, read stories, play outside, and be with Mommy.  It is fun to see how much he is learning, He loves to write as he has for a long time and will draw lots of circles and lines and sometimes balloons.  He knows some of his colors and some of his letters and just seems thirsty for knowledge.

It is fun to be part of seeing them learn and grow.

Usually we have an hour break in between Calvin and Alden's basketball games.  We have done different things each week.  First week we visited the DI, the second week we tried out a new library by where they play, these are pictures of them there, and this week we went to market on the move.