Xander and Clare

We headed to our new favorite breakfast spot on a recent Friday
after seeing the kids off at the bus stop.

Later, we met up with the kids to attend their school BBQ.

Rain moved the BBQ indoors.

Throw the ball up here! Throw it!

You missed it.

Watching the Ski To Sea Grand Parade.

Heading down to Fairhaven with the Winters to take part
in all the Ski To Sea fun.

Tony taught Xander and Anya to skip rocks.

"I made cookies with the turtles. Yum. I said my
chocolate baked cookies were yum. By Clare."
Her contribution to the turtle bag journal from school.

Baseball, baseball, and more baseball as Xander finished up
his regular season, and then played in his first tournament.
Six games in four days.

Clare could barely contain her excitement at attending yet another game.

Warming up to start as pitcher.

Conferring with Josiah.

Shaking Coach Butenschoen's hand and receiving his runners-up
trophy for the 2014 Hub DeJong Tournament.

It was a great season for the White Sox. Onto summer ball!

The Winters stopped by Xander's last tournament game,
and then we headed to their place to barbecue and run through the sprinkler.

Looking more like a teenager than a 9-year-old.

I glanced up and saw that they were both lying in the exact
same position -- from their arms behind their heads to the crossed ankles.
Two peas in a pod.

I took Clare with me to take photographs of a giant
zombie water balloon tag event that takes place downtown
every spring. She loved seeing all the people in costume.

These two.

Stomp rockets and Clare's kindergarten end-of-year picnic.

Shooting baskets at the Roselli's.

Planting sunflower seeds from her teacher Ms. Stephenson.

After a previous weekend of non-stop baseball, we let Clare
choose what she wanted to do on Saturday. To the swimming pool!

Followed by ice cream, of course.

Xander and I went to the Bellingham Bells opening night.

Clare at her kindergarten concert earlier today.