On Saturday I took the kids down to Hayward Field as the University of Oregon’s Track and Field team held an event before their meet that was just for kids. The youngest advertised age bracket was ages 5-6, but they pretty much let all kids that could walk and follow directions the chance to participate. Below are some photos of the event and when I have time, I plan on putting a short video together of some of the events. Even in the northwest rain a good time was had by all.
This morning Jonah read the complete article in the paper on the victory that the Oregon Ducks baseball team had over Vanderbilt yesterday. Tonight when I got home from work, he got a game going between the Ducks and the “Detroit Lakes,” a team name taken from a t-shirt I have from the 50th anniversary of a mountain town, Detroit, here in Oregon.
So, tonight it was the Ducks vs. The Lakes. The first image below is from our recent trip to PK Park to watch a game and the rest are of Jonah practicing the ancient art of beat writing, following a game. After that, his story, unedited. Enjoy!
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Ducks v. Lakes at PK Park
The Ducks were having a great night here at PK Park on Monday night. Jimmie Sherfy struck out 1 batter in the 1st.
Well, Scott Hineman scored a Run though! & there was this crazy play where Billy Kidonksky (for Detroit lakes) said “I got it I got it I got it!” but he did not get the ball, it hit Ryon Healy in the helmet and Healy was safe at 1st.
Now in the 2nd Inning Jeff Cole (the 3rd baseman) was up & he gave up a HOME RUN!!!!!!!
In the 3rd Inning the catcher Vikopolop Saweret got ready to tag Hineman but he slid right under the tag
Now in the 4th Brett Thomas gave up another HOME RUN!!!!!!!
Step and… SWING!!
Playing with a jump rope
Tic tac toe with friends
Nora chalks up her nose instead.
Fake sleepers
And super exciting! Nora learned to write her name all by herself!
Then she wanted to try everyone’s names.
So so proud of herself!!!
We’re in the thick of baseball season around here, and it’s a rare day that the kids do not ask/demand to be dressed in some sort of baseball-related clothes, especially their Phillies ones. Recently we came across Jonah’s old baseball pants, which Nora was thrilled to put on with her red socks pulled up, just like Hunter Pence.
Look at those eyes on the ball. :)
Running the bases
Getting ready to pitch
Tagging Dad out at the plate
Taking a turn as the catcher
Jonah drew a cat mascot for the field. :)
Reading a baseball book from the library
And teaching her doll how to swing.
Over Memorial Day weekend, we took a trip up to Seattle to visit family and go to the Northwest Folklife Festival. We had a great time and took many photos. Because of this, we have decided to break the posts up into two parts – below is part one:
Nora and Jonah both enjoyed playing baseball in the ballpark that Grandad made for them:
Jonah even enjoyed being the catcher and calling pitches to strike out Uncle Larry:
Jonah did a great job of running down his uncle and making the tag for the out, too!
Nora is ready to make the catch!
One morning we took a walk down to the ship canal in Ballard to look at the boats:
Finally some photos with Gran and Grandad:
When the kids decided to do the wave, Gran got right in the spirit and joined ’em!
We had a great trip and look forward to seeing everyone again sometime this summer!
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