Violin Trio

Back to catch up posts tomorrow, today I want to share my boys playing in a violin trio with their teacher this past Sunday at the church for which I am the pianist. I love listening to them practice, they are getting so good! They love to perform and were happy for the opportunity. Enjoy!

Basketball

The boys both played basketball this winter. Dinoguy's team was called the Jazz and he had 3 friends on the team and a friend's father as the coach, which was pretty fun. He had a lot of fun and improved a lot in his basketball skills.

 Trainboy's team was called the Cavaliers. He was amusingl to watch because once he was bored, he started doing random jumps and hops around the court. By the end of the season he was paying attention the whole time he was playing but at the beginning he only made it thru one quarter. The coaches were very patient. His age group really showed the kids who were super into sports and already knew it all compared to the kids who were just trying out a new experience and weren't really sure what was going on. It could have been painful but I chose to laugh about it instead. The thing that upset him the most was that there weren't any treats after the games (no food allowed in the gym).

Flag Football

Dinoguy and Trainboy started playing flag football this fall. They enjoyed it and learned a lot.

I am working on accepting the fact. Thankfully they can play flag football thru 6th grade here.

Jolly Old St Nicholas on Violin

The boys participated in a Christmas concert by learning Jolly Old St Nicholas on their violins. Here it is on video.

Please excuse the out of focus picture for the first 20 or so seconds and any shakiness. I'm holding the camera in my hands while Munchkin climbs on my legs.

Sunday best

Sometimes the boys demand photos of themselves all dressed up. Fixitman snapped this one of the boys last week. Love their faces!

I thought Munchkin was getting photographed here too, but alas she was not. No photos of her sassy outfit! Tsk tsk dad.

Debunking the beds

Dinoguy no longer wanted to sleep on the top bunk. Trainboy didn't want to go up there either. After two nights of them squeezing into Trainboy's bed and telling me no one wanted the top bunk, Fixitman & I decided to try and figure out how to arrange the room so that the beds weren't bunks anymore. The boys are joyful at the new arrangement. I was surpized that I also liked it. It didn't seem as crowded as I expected.


Here's are the bunk beds 2 years ago when we got them. Look at those cute little boys!