Memorial Day Fun

We had a Memorial Day picnic at Courtney and Joel's house this year. Rowan had a fabulous time playing with Avery, although he wishes she could stand up to rough wrestling. All in good time. Soon, Avery will be giving Rowan a run for his money!

After lunch, we walked to the park and the duck ponds. Rowan walked almost the whole way, only needing a lift when we hit some big hills on the way home. "OK, I want to ride now, Mommy," he said. I thought, 'I want to ride now, kid!"





Some recent cute stories:

Rowan was a bit of a pill one day last week. Kyle, who had had enough, said to him, "Rowan, why are you acting like this?!" Rowan replied, "I'm not trying to be bad, Daddy. I'm just curious." What can you say to that?

Then yesterday, Rowan was following me around while I cleaned the house, getting into stuff and making messes behind me. I said to him, "Don't you want to go play in your room so I can get this stuff done?" He replied, "But I love you and I want to be close to you when you do your work." Of course, my heart melted.

This kid knows just what to say to keep us wrapped around his little finger!

I'm not much of a blogger, but I figured I'd give it try.

I recently made my first trip to New York, and I really enjoyed how clean, safe, and alive the city is. The people in NY are very warm and friendly, and really caused me to question a lot of the stereotypes about Midwesterners vs. East Coasters. I spent nearly all of my free time just wandering around Manhattan, so I can’t comment a lot on the outlying boroughs, but Manhattan is very nice.


The one big thing that I was able to do was attend a game at Yankee Stadium, and it’s funny what a few days in New York can do to a lifelong Yankee hater.

I took the ‘D’ train from downtown out to the Bronx and got a good ticket from a scalper. Being the last season for “Old Yankee Stadium” (“The House that Ruth Built”), it was great to have the chance to see a game in such a historic park.

It was a beautiful night, and I can’t imagine a better way to see a ball game. Yankee fans are probably some of the greatest fans there are. The stadium was packed, everyone was really into the game, and only a few people got up and left early. Basically, it was a big contrast to other MLB games I’ve attended.

Unfortunately we lost 3-5 to the Indians, but it’s a long season and we can still turn things around. GO YANKS!!

To close, here is a picture of Rowan wearing his new Yankee blue t-shirt. (Sorry for the red eye. Angie’s better at this computer stuff than I am.)