“Uncle Justin, lift me up.”“Uncle Justin, me too!”

No need to walk when Cousin Lauren is there to push you around.Leah, Holly (due in June), Rita and Lino. Jeff is standing up and Leo is snatching a candle from the pie.Carson took all the loose candles out one by one, put them all back the same way, closed the drawer and walked away.

Compliments to the adults coaching Avery’s team. There are usually 4 adults working with the boys at every practice.Look who’s walking! Avery rearranged the pieces over and overto find the best crash path for the car.

Carson is walking!Notice Avery’s fox-like position, staring at the candles. Sophia told him repeatedly that she wanted to blow out her candles ALL by herself.All the cousins:The song is sung:“Grandma. Help!”

While waiting for their turn to be coached at the plate, Avery and teammate pretended to use the bats as many other things:

I picked up Avery from the after-school program – dinosaurs are an area of expertise for him. After we watched Sophia, Olivia, and Zada’s presentation, Avery motioned me down to his level and whispered in my ear, “Grandma, take pictures of everything.” No problem.Avery and the science teacher discussed dinosaur names. At one point, Avery sweetly disagreed with her on the name of one dinosaur. I think he was right, too.
Here is a link to a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/4MFRYbnk7tM

Good hit!Lily is one of Sophia’s best friends.The after-game snow cone line:

Leo and Lauren stayed for a while. Poor Carson was home with an ear infection and Thais went back to work for an hour or so. The antibiotics must have taken effect quickly because Carson was happy and active.I hover when Carson goes up the stairs, Avery also helped.He scrambles down as fast as he goes up.Once homework was finished,time to play outside.Kayla and Kellen, neighbors who also go to SI, came over for a while.

At St Ignatius.The SI Surgeon’s Club:A temporary cast put on by paramedics:

Waiting patiently on second base:Running in from third while the batter watches the ball he just hit.Cracker boy: