Xander and Clare

My favorite first baseman. 

Xander on his way to Mountain School with his entire fifth grade class. Three days and two nights of adventures in the great outdoors.

A Xander selfie taken while at Mountain School.

Clare was solo at the bus stop while X was gone.

Had to get a photo for Clare's birthday party invitation.

My friend Angela is a fifth grade teacher at X's school and surprised me with this photo while they were gone.

Returning home from Mountain School, very much in need of a shower. :)

Clare can only eat lollipops that coordinate with her outfit. ;)

This is how we killed some time waiting for X's basketball practice to be over. Not a bad way to do it.

This is how excited Clare was to be in Seattle for yet another basketball tournament.

X was really excited to be playing on Rainier Beach High School, named after NBA player Jamal Crawford, and also where his idols Nate Robinson and Dejounte Murray played in high school.   

We're lucky to have great friends in Seattle who are happy to put us up when we're in town for basketball.

What do you do when you have a couple hours to kill between basketball games? Find a sunny park, and then, when you see a basketball court, go shoot more hoops.

Getting it done on the court!

Switching to his other favorite sport: Xander got to pitch -- and made a nice little catch!

Xander's team is undefeated so far this spring!

Eating Haggen's chocolate torte on Grandma Mary's birthday -- her favorite Bellingham dessert.

Headed off to his last Silver Beach Elementary Bike Rodeo.

I told them to show me their angry faces.

Clare lining up to advance to the next level in her Ninja Zone class.

Heading out for a service day at Whatcom Falls Park, picking up little with Wild Whatcom.