Techno Kiddos

I continue to be astounded at how quickly kids catch on to technology. Rachel and Joshua are growing up with a whole different type of technology than Jacob and Jordan have experienced before now. It is so funny to hear the things that Rachel says and see the things that Joshua does related to technology.

1st story: We have a TV with DVD and VCR upstairs in the kids' gameroom and we have a Blu-Ray player with our TV downstairs in the living room. Rachel wanted to watch a movie and I told her that she needed to watch it upstairs. She said, "But Mommy, the movie is on Blu-Ray!"

2nd story: This is partially my fault - When I run errands, take the kids to the doctor, go to events for the older kids, etc, I usually let Joshua play on my iphone because it keeps him happy and quiet and then we don't have a scene like in one of my prior blogs. I have gotten free apps that are educational games for little kids and have 2 movies on my phone that I let them watch, too. Anyway, Scot and I decided we needed to cut back on Joshua's "iphone time". He fusses everytime he sees my purse wanting my iphone and is obsessed when he has it. So I got some of his usual toys for him to play with in the car when I was going to take Jacob, Jordan, & Rachel to the dentist. I had gotten everything together and was herding the kids out of the house toward the car. I had left my purse and Joshua's diaper bag sitting on a chair. As I turned around to tell Joshua it was time to go, he had already thrown his other toys on the floor, unzipped my purse, and taken out my iphone and was trying to input the passcode to start playing on it. I couldn't believe that sneaky little devil. I was glad I had the iphone at the dentist, though, since I spent an hour and a half with Joshua in the waiting room.

They continually amaze me!

Baby Pictures

Since our oldest "baby" is starting highschool in the fall, I thought it would be fun to post baby pictures of all the kids to see how they looked compared to each other. It's funny because I have to scan pictures of Jacob and Jordan. There weren't digital cameras when Jacob was a baby, but there probably were when Jordan was a baby - we just didn't have one yet. We got our first one in December 2001. Hope you enjoy the look back!

Jacob as a newborn

Jacob at 1

Jacob at 2

Jacob at 3

Jacob at 4

Jordan as a newborn

Jordan at 1

Jordan at 2

Jordan at 3

Jordan at 4

Rachel as a newborn

Rachel at 1

Rachel at 2

Rachel at 3

Rachel at 4

Joshua as a newborn

Joshua at 1

Joshua hasn't reached 2,3, or 4 yet so here is an updated school picture at 18 months.

A Real Tee, Finally!

Joshua's Batting Tee

Well, I found the perfect t-ball stand for Joshua at Walmart today. He loves it! I made a video of him, but of course it's too long for my blog. I'm going to post it on facebook for you facebookers and see if I can somehow provide a link here. I shall return to add the link if possible.

Our Creative Little Baseball Player

Well, Joshua has become obsessed with baseball, or should I say swinging a bat and hitting a ball. Ever since Jordan started playing baseball, it has become an obsession. That has become his main activity. He has pretty much used everything as a bat: toy bowling pins, stuffed animals, a pack of pencils, books, movie cases, dog toys, sippy cups, and actual toy bats. The list could go on and on. He usually uses a real ball (or something round) as the baseball, but this one day in particular he had a very interesting combination as his bat and ball.

I guess I should have mentioned that I am usually the tee stand (or my hand is the tee stand). He brings me the ball and says, "Ball". Then I am supposed to hold it in my hand and he hits it (most of the time - sometimes he hits my hand or my arm) with his bat for the moment. He has a perfect batting stance and swing. I have been looking for a real tee stand that would be good for him. Anyway, back to my story. Rachel has a bucket of fake food. One day Joshua brings me a fake whipped cream topping with a cherry on top and says, "Ball" and guess what he had in his hand to use as his bat? A lipstick pen of Rachel's! :) It was so funny! I guess he was pretty desperate to play ball and that was all he could find at the moment.