Yep.....you guessed it! We won again!

We did it again!!! The Red Sox won last night. The score was 16 to 6! We win that big every time! We are undefeated so far! We play a really good team on Monday. I hope we do as good as we have been. Jacob had batting issues again last night but he stopped the balls in the field that came to him and threw them in to stop the runner. Keith and I are so proud of him! He was very sad last night because he struck out twice. He started crying when we got home and said he wanted to quit baseball because he loses all the time. Keith and I were trying to encourage his spirits by telling him how proud of him we are and that he did really good and he would get a hit next game. Nothing we said comforted him. He kept saying he wanted to hit a ball "right now" and we kept explaining to him that it was dark outside and we couldn't until the next day. He did not want to except that answer and he kept asking to go hit a ball. Keith finally said "Cindy, turn the flood lights on outside, we are going to let Jacob hit some balls cause we gotta build his confidence up". So......that's exactly what I did and the whole family went outside for batting practice at 8:30 last night in the dark! Yep, Benji too! He got his plastic bat and ball and I pitched to him and he hit it and pretended to run the bases too. It was so fun. Jacob hit several balls and was much happier about the whole situation and his confidence was built back up. He started smiling again and that made me feel much better.

Jacob will get the hang of this whole batting thing soon enough. He is very impatient and wants everything to happen all at once. He wants to be as good as the bigger kids and he is not realizing and understanding that this is his first year and he is only 5 years old and he will get better as time goes on. Bless his little heart. All we can do is encourage him. He really is doing a wonderful job and overall he really enjoys baseball. Until next time...........................

More Messes

The boys got quiet again yesterday and this is what I found when I checked on them. They completely emptied Jacob's toybox and crawled in it. Yes, they had to clean it up.....but they sure did have a good time making the mess. Gotta love em'!

My Birthday Dinner!

My family took me out to dinner this past Sunday for my 33rd birthday. We had a really good time. The group consisted of my Dad, Mom, Sister Melissa, Brother-in-law Shane, Keith and our boys Jacob and Benjamin. The boys had a good time believe it or not. We went to Puleo's Grill in Knoxville and I think Jacob ate more food than any of us adults. That boy sure can put it away!! My family says he's just like his mama! LOL!! Thank you family for such an awesome time!! I love you all!!

The Red Sox did it again!!!

Jacob's baseball team won again Monday night. It was another blow out!! Jacob did good again. Several of the kids had a bad batting night though, including Jacob, but we will get it right in practice on Thursday night and we will have another good game this coming Monday. Go Red Sox!!!!

Sunday Dinner with Papaw and Granny Eskridge

We had dinner today at Papaw and Granny Eskridge's house. Yummy! The boys love their cooking and they are always excited when we tell them we are going to eat with them. Jacob asked me if it was time to go eat at Granny's all through church service this morning. LOL! We had a good time with them. The boys' Great Uncle George was there too. Thank you Papaw and Granny!!

Kingston Country Fair

Mi-mi (my Mom) and I took the boys to the Country Fair in Kingston this morning and they had a big time jumping in the bounce house and sliding on the big inflatable slides. Jacob also wanted to climb on the rock climbing post so we let him give it a shot. He really couldn't get his feet placed just right to climb it, but he gave it a really good try. Maybe he will be able to climb it all the way next year. He had fun trying though. Thank you Mi-mi for a fun day.

Veggie Tales Live!!!

Keith and I took Jacob and Benjamin to see Veggie Tales Live tonight at the Knoxville Christian Center on Cedar Bluff. It was awesome!! The boys had so much fun....and so did we! They loved every minute of it! Here are a few pics from tonight.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot.......they had a drawing to win two different prizes tonight at the show. One prize was 3 new Veggie Tales releases and the Grand Prize was a 24 DVD Library of Veggie Tales shows. When I first got there, I didn't realize that we were supposed to fill out that card we were given at the door for a chance to win one of these prizes (duh!), but when I found out from someone sitting beside me, I thought "I'm not gonna fill that out because I never win anything", and then I had a second thought "well you never know"............... and so I filled it out and turned it in. The announcer finally got around to drawing names at intermission and believe it or not..... I won the Grand Prize of the night!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How cool is that? Jacob said "Why didn't they say my name instead of yours?" I explained to him that by the announcer calling my name, that meant he was the winner. He was happy then.

Jacob said something so funny tonight: On one of the scenes, they were singing about a Cheeseburger, and there were two girls on stage singing back up. One was dressed like a bottle of ketchup and the other like a bottle of mustard. I said "look Jacob, they are dressed up like ketchup and mustard bottles!" He looked at the stage and then looked like he was in deep thought for a minute and then he looked back at me and asked "Mom, where is the hot sauce?" Is that hilarious or what???? Keep in mind that we like spicy foods here at our house and the hot sauce bottle makes it to our kitchen table for many meals. My kids never cease to amaze me.