Easter Egg Hunt at Kid's Planet

Saturday morning Rafe and I went to an Easter egg hunt at Kid's Planet. It was so much fun. Of course Cory had to work and I was there by myself chasing after a very wild 4 year old with ALL OF GREER in attendance. Luckily I met up with my friend, Ashley, her mom and her precious little girl, Maggie. There was so much to do for the children prior to the egg hunt. They had jump castles, duck pond for candy, face painting, magicians, balloons, and various games set up on the baseball field. Rafe was taken in by the field of eggs and wanted to know how he could get all of them. There were thousands of eggs to find! I am so glad we were able to go. We had a blast!!

Rafe and the Easter Bunny

The field of eggs!

Rafe and his teammate, Michael, before the hunt

GO RAFE!!

Rafe and Maggie looking at their eggs

Rafe enjoyed the bubble maker

Go Pirates!

What a great day! Rafe had his first T-Ball game today and, boy, was it a lot of fun. First we had his team baseball pictures and then we hurried to the field for the game. Rafe was so excited about using his new GREEN baseball bat. Wow, what a difference 6 months has made. Rafe's first soccer game was not exciting for him. His baseball games are a different story. He never looks back!

Rafe enjoys being the pitcher for his team, but he is still getting used to wearing that "fweaty helmet" the whole game. He was really "fweaty" today. It was hot, but a beautiful day for baseball.

All of the boys and girls were so cute in their uniforms. I don't think Rafe's uniform will ever come clean. He slid all over the field and then, of course, climbed on everything at Kid's Planet after the game. I am finding out that's just what boys do!!

I am already looking forward to next Saturday. Baseball season is a lot of fun. GO RAFE!!!

In the car on the way to have his pictures made

Rafe's baseball picture

The Pirate's

Lining up to hit before the game

Rafe and his buddies in the dugout

Getting some "advice" from Daddy

Fielding the ball

Goofing off after the game

Enjoying his Spiderman ice cream

April Fool's Day

This morning Cory and I were explaining to Rafe what April Fool's Day was all about. We were telling different jokes and trying to fool him. Rafe got real quiet and I could tell he was thinking about something. After a minute his face lit up and he said, "What if you were my age? April Fools!!" How cute is he? Cory and I just died laughing and Rafe was so proud of himself for playing a joke on us.

Reality Check

Yesterday Rafe, Gram and I were leaving lunch. As usual I was trying to hurry Rafe along as he found every possible thing to touch, pick up and play with in order to delay getting in the car. Here was our conversation:

Mommy - "Come on, Rafe. We need to go. Someone is coming to our house to work on our garage door!"

Rafe - "Mommy, don't panic. For goodness sakes, don't panic your life away!"

Nothing like a 4 year old to keep you in line! What could I possibly say after that??

Rafe's Easter House

Rafe did such a great job making his Easter house. He did the majority of it "all by myself". I did have to step in and help fill in the candy because it was being eaten so fast!! Wonder who was doing that??!!

Cory (and Rafe's) new toy!

Cory finally gave in and bought a much-needed riding lawn mower. After getting over the nausea from paying for it, Cory and Rafe actually had a GREAT time cutting the grass. We will see how long this "excitement" lasts in the heat of the summer!!

A Night at the Park

We had a wonderful night at the ball field tonight. Cory, Rafe, Gram, Pop and I went to see the Gamecocks play Furman at Fluor Field where the Greenville Drive play baseball. I was SO impressed with the ball park. It was such a treat and Rafe absolutely had a ball. He is really interested in baseball right now since he is playing t-ball. He wanted to know all about the game and, most importantly, how that "boy gets to run out there and pick up those bats." Of course our night was filled with a lot of junk food. Rafe consumed a pizza, popcorn, M&M's, pretzel and an ice cream in a baseball helmet. (I don't think I will need to question a belly ache in the morning!!) There is also a really neat playground at the ball field for the kids. Rafe enjoyed running around there! We all really had a great time tonight. I am looking forward to our next night at the park!!

Performing a magical card trick

Rafe and Reedy Ribbitt

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

A little leprechaun left Rafe a trail of money and a few surprises this morning. He was so excited about following the money around the house to the next destination. (I would be happy to pick up money, too!!) For breakfast he had GREEN eggs! He wasn't sure about them at first, despite the fact that he is obsessed with the color green. After tasting them he realized they weren't too bad. Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

I just love Rafe in his cute baseball uniform!! GO RAFE!

Weekend Fun!

We had a weekend of fun despite all of the rain. On Friday Rafe, Gram and I went bowling. That is one of Rafe's favorite things to do. However, by the end of the second game his little arm was getting tired. His superhero powers were starting to die down!! Rafe still "beat the socks off of us"!!

On Saturday we had TWO birthday parties. Unfortunately I did not have my camera at the first party and I missed out on some great pictures. This was our cousin Jay's first birthday. He is such a joy to our family and one of the happiest babies I have ever met! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAY!!

After that we headed to Jump Zone for Rafe's friend, Hannah's, party. Rafe could jump all day. He absolutely had a ball but we had to carry his tired legs out of there. Needless to say he was not hard to put to bed last night!