Fall is Really Here!

Well, I'm going to give up on the chance of ever catching up, so I'm beginning with more recent events and just starting over:) I think at this point, posts about events in June are just not really favorable. Hee hee...

This review begins with Dane starting Little League in September! WOO HOO! It's so awesome to see him in his little uniform every week. Obviously, 4 year olds are hard to keep focused on the game, but man, they do have a good time. Mike has decided to help out and be a coach, along with about 3 or 4 other dads. It's funny watching the guys all tell the kids to "pay attention" and "focus." HA HA! Yeah right. Dane does a great job with hitting, but obviously the fielding is a bit boring for him. It will be interesting to see if he sticks with baseball. I sure hope he does because it's so much fun to watch him! There's a great video of Dane sliding into the dug out instead of home plate. You gotta watch it if you have time...priceless stuff!

In the beginning of October, Dane's preschool class went to Bates Nut Farm (lovingly called Nates Butt Farm) to pick out pumpkins, ride tractors, traverse hay mazes, and do other fun "farm" stuff. Of course, Dane had a wonderful time with his best bud, Rishi. I, on the other hand, was a tad annoyed. The weather was a little dreary, and truth be told, careening through a wet, hay maze with two crazed boys was not my idea of fun. But WHATEVER...it's for the kids, right?:) We got some good pics and picked out a good pumpkin, so all was well.

Mid-October I headed up to LA with Mike and the boys to help dad work some Dalcorp parties. Mike ended up taking Dane back to San Diego for Little League practice, so Ryan was solo at the Nocita house. It was actually really fun to see Ryan run around and be the center of attention, because let's face it...Dane takes most of it when he's around:) Bart "Bark" Rogowski and Auntie Kimmy made a lovely lamb dinner that was absolutely to DIE for. I honestly couldn't get enough. Ryan liked the lamb, too! It was a great night and we enjoyed our food with some lovely Robert Young wine, to boot!

Get their uniforms! GO CUBS!

Gotta stretch before practice...

Ryan. The lone fan.

"Avast me hearty! Give me some of yer vittles!"

One of the only times Dane was actually ready for the ball...

...and there it goes...

Run, Daney, run!

Game day!

"There's no crying in baseball! No crying!"

Stop my nerves! Is that the cutest picture or what?!

So yeah...we're gonna need to work on that slide, Dane...

Cool dude...

Wearin' daddy's glasses!

Straw maze at Bates Nut Farm.

The traditional rainbow lollipop is a must:)

There's Dane's friend, Athena!

Tractor ride!

Dane and Rishi...best buds...

He's having fun, folks!

I am showing the whole sequence of these photos to demonstrate my inability to get BOTH of them to look at the camera at the same time...

So cute! Fav thing about this pic is Rishi giving a sly smile to the cam:)

I think Dane's face says it all.

Dane's Halloween costume! ARRRRR!

Come to mama...

Ryan doesn't kid when it comes to food. Just like his mom...