Hooked On Baseball

Reuben and Jacob are really into baseball. They can play a long time together relatively fight-free pitching to each other.

More Baseball Practice

Reuben is now determined to try out for the Double AA team in the Fall. If he keeps practicing like this he very may well make it.




Pretty good practice regime going...

Team Pool Party - After The Game

Most of the team met back up about an hour after the game for a pool party at a nearby community pool. Kids had a great time playing with all the other boys on the team. One of the boys brought water shotguns for everyone! Later all the boys moved to the diving board which finally got our boys to try it out. Hopefully they will use at our pool. Though our pool makes you take a swim test before using diving board. Reuben and Jacob can easily pass, but seem to be afraid to ask to take the test.

Trophy Ceremony


Reuben also won "Most Improved Player" since this was his first year of little league and by the end was one of the stars of the team.

Diving Board Escapades

Season Finale

Bottom of first and Reuben and Jacob both singled with Jacob driving Reuben home.

Jacob's Baseball Swing

Unfortunately a swing and a miss, but I think he just got under it. Timing looked pretty good.

Saturday Morning Baseball Game

Another good game, though this time we lost by a couple of runs. Reuben went 4-4, while Jacob struggled a bit today going 1-4. But, both are playing well.
Here is Jacob getting close to running out an infield hit.


And here is Reuben hustling out an infield single. Earlier he belted a double into the outfield down the third base line.

Beautiful Day For A Ballgame

Perfect weather for our little league game. We won the game 14-13, coming from a tie in the bottom of the last inning. Reuben and Jacob played great. Jacob was coming off his MVP game last week to have another good hitting game. Reuben also hit well getting one ball into the outfield.

Jacob getting single down the third base line.



Reuben taking the first pitch then fouling one back. He reminds me a of Steve Garvey at the plate.

Opening Day

Little League opening ceremonies. Someone forgot to tell mother nature as it's not yet 40 degrees.
Our first game is later today, hopefully the rain and snow hold off. :-D

Last Weeks Final Boys Soccer Game

We played a very tough team and Jacob, in goal, held them to only 1 goal through half time. But in the second half they cracked through and then flooded in :-) We found out later that this team pays their coach. He's not one of the kids' Dad, but an assistant coach at GMU; British accent and all. Then to make matter worse, most of the same kids we had just played we saw playing in the game after ours; a division older. Not sure if they were playing down in our league or up in the older league. I was impressed though that they still were playing hard. Our kids tired out in the 4th quarter and these kids were going strong into a second game.
Anyway it was a tough season but the kids played well and had fun doing so. They were proud of the tie they had and know they were playing in a crazy competitive league.

Cold Soccer Day

We can finally celebrate! We tied 1-1. Kids played a very good game. Reuben played goal the first half, letting up one goal with several great saves. Jacob played goalie the second half and held them scoreless! Faith also played today and it was her last game of the season. She had fun but seemed more interested in her hair band than the game :-)

Soccer Sunday

The boys played great and it was a really exciting game even though we though we lost 3-0. We are a pretty good team, just can't get a coordinated attack on goal. Reuben and Jacob played goalie yesterday; Reuben for a quarter and then Jacob for the whole second half. They were very good. Coach turned to me and told me that my boys locked down the goalie position! Even though I'd rather Reuben play forward and Jacob fullback, they like goalie and have a really strong boot. Fun game to watch.

Faith's Soccer Game

The boys' team was for Columbus day weekend, but Faith played. But... she was the only one from the Green team that was around, so today she played on the red team. She is still have fun!

Faith - The Next Pele?

Got to watch Faith's soccer this week. Boy is she now into the action. She was kicking and dribbling all over. Amazing what a difference a year makes.

Boys Soccer: Victory 1-0

The boys JCC team is now part of the Annandale league. In pre-school they played in that league and got a weekly clobbering. The kids in that league come out of the womb with a soccer ball. So I was worried! After the first minute of play, my fears subsided. We had some really good players and held our own. Now we probably played one of the weaker teams in the division, but I was still impressed. Reuben owned defense for two quarters before moving to offense for the third quarter where he kept a lot of pressure on the other team's goalie. Jacob played halfback for most of three quarters and kept the ball always in play. He was wiped by the end!

Tennis Anyone

The kids had a week of tennis camp earlier in the summer. Today was my first chance to take the boys out to play some with the weather cooperating. They need a lot of work but are having fun and i think get the gist.

Happy Father's Day

Great Day... woke up to some nice gifts, including the IOU for a new grill. We even went to Home Depot after a nice breakfast at IHOP. Then later we met up with our cub scout pack at the Nationals Game. A very fun time despite the loss. The kids and I even got to run the bases... sorry no Mommies allowed on Father's Day :-)

Jacob Roller Blades

Grandma and Grandpa visited today. They also hit Toys R Us and some other places to load the kids up with their birthday presents. Jacob's were these roller blades. I thought he would have a real hard time with them; he is not always the most coordinated. But, he was incredible for a first time effort.

His first go at it:

Then about 20 minutes later...

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Got tickets to opening day at Nationals Park from work.  We only had four tickets, so me and the kiddies had a great day at the ballpark.  Lot of fun, but alas Nats lose big as usual 11-1.

Sunday Wrap Up

Last basketball game of the season. Good season even through we never won a game. The last few (except for last week) have been close and exciting. Reuben is really playing well and Jacob is getting close to bringing it all together.

Right after basketball we had cub scouts. First the boys made scrapbooks and then did a team building obstacle course... I'll let you watch.

Basketball - Hey a close game!

Kids played great. Lots of shots, good defense. Reuben score 4, Jacob had an assist and some other great passes. Reuben was even selected to the All Star team! Finally a good game to really cheer about.




Reuben's fast break... ignore the double dribbles :-)

And then his two free throws