9 month photos

Here are each of the boys right around 9 months. We see some similar features in each of them and some individual features.

t-ball

Luke is playing t-ball this year. Joe has volunteered to be the coach, so the "Nash Law Office" team had their first game tonight.

It was funny watching these 4-5 yr olds play ball.

Some highlights:
-1st batter from our team, hit the ball and ran to 3rd base
-Luke (#9) was more interested in drinking gatorade and chewing gum than playing
-one kid wanted to try to distract the other team
and steal the ball
-Luke asked if he could take the bat out on the field
with him
-everyone hit and scored multiple runs!!!

It was a blast and we hope to do it again about 10 more times in the next 5 weeks!!!

Graham's 2nd Birthday

Graham turns 2 on the 28th. I decided to make him a train table. Everyone asks me how do I know how to do this stuff. I don't know. When I was little my Dad used to build things, the biggest thing I remember was the platform beds he made us with drawers in them. I had my own tool box and table and Erin and I would hammer and screw stuff all the time. I haven't used my carpentry skills since I was probably 10 or 12, but it all came back to me in these latest projects. It has been a blast building stuff and I look forward to more things. So does Graham like trains? Yes, is the logical answer if I went to all the trouble to make this table, but in reality he likes everything. Hopefully he will play with them on the table, but if not I am sure it will be used for many things like an airport, a zoo, a coloring table, or whatever else their imagination can come up with. Thanks Dad for all the woodworking knowledge!

Pantry

Well what do you do with the space under your steps? I didn't know but needed a place to put our extra food. So I built a pantry. Joe says it is perfect size for Luke to go in and get food, as it is only 55 inches tall, but it stores all the extra food nicely. Since I try to go grocery shopping once a month for the main stuff, I now have a place to put it all that little hands can't reach!

Does a 2 yr old need a BIB???

Clearly the answer is yes, what didn't come out good in the photo, is the rice stuck to him everywhere after dinner without a bib.

Camping out

Joe went fishing the first day of trout season. The problem is that God decided to make it a monsoon outside. So he traveled to the Allegheny National Forest and sat outside getting drenched, while not catching any fish. He returned home around 5, with Tasta Pizza. He decided it was movie night. We had gotten the tent out the other day and it ended up in the living room. So all the boys were piled in the tent, yes even Eli. I don't think they lasted the whole movie "colors and shapes" with Blue, but they had fun anyway!

Easter Eggs

We visited with our neighbors the other day, Jack and Sylvia. Sylvia used to be a preschool teacher and had a different way to color eggs. So we brought along our paint clothes and we had a great afternoon. Sylvia "blew" out the yolks from the eggs, then she stuck them on a homemade board with little dowel rods, then we used this paint "flour, salt, and something else I forget" that was colored different colors. We used a spoon to drizzle over the egg, and kept pouring on more colors until the eggs were all covered up. We made 2 dozen eggs, so I hung them from our kitchen, will take some to work, and will send some to PNG. But I thought they were very neat and different. Thanks Sylvia for a great day!!