Basketball and the Boys

Getting some instruction from the coaches

First Basketball practice with instructions from the referee

Luke is showing me his dribbling skills

Sweetest Finn on the tire swing.  This may be the last time he gets to wear my favorite outfit this year.    

Finn wanted to push this around the entire store.  Note his new red shoes, he's walking a lot more so he got his first pair of tennis shoes!

Finn loved this little grocery cart.

Aiden wanted me to take his picture in this chair he loved.  He was doing some very quick shopping with me.  Aiden and Finn are quite the pair during the day when their brothers are gone at school.  

Luke and Liam began their first instructional basketball program on Saturday with several kids from their school.  They love playing basketball on the driveway at home so hopefully this will be a good way for them to learn some additional skills and (as always) burn energy in the process.  John is an assistant coach so the boys really thought that was cool as well.

I think we are beginning to establish a new routine with school, homework, activities, etc...I still haven't figured out the best way to manage the afternoons as the boys come home with a lot of energy after sitting so much during the day.  They are too brain dead to do their homework immediately so usually a snack and running up and down the street helps! Not sure what we will do when winter hits us.  The hardest part is still the time from about 3:30 until 5:30 pm when everyone is tired and hungry.

Finn is 14 months old as of today.  He is slowing starting to walk more than crawl.  He waddles around the house and gets into all kinds of mischief.  He loves to unplug things, open and close the trash can, and try to go in the bathroom (probably because he knows I don't like it!).  He is still a sweetheart and loves to cuddle with John and myself.  He screams over his brothers when he sees John pull up in the driveway after work.