80 on Sunday, snow today

The baseball season began this past weekend. The boys had back-to-back games on Saturday. They are both Cardinals. Ry is machine pitch II, and while I think he is the equal of anyone on his team when it comes to fielding and throwing, he needs some more batting experience and I think he's the youngest. He chipped a tooth the other day when a ball popped out of his glove and hit him in the face. He insists on wearing a mouth guard now. Jackson is playing minor league player pitch. He finally got a new glove. We saw Brendan play as catcher for his majors team. He made a spectacular throw from the plate to second to make an out on a steal.

The weather during the weekend was perfect, and it's been very nice for some time now. In addition to sunny skies and warm temperatures, we've been blessed with no spring winds. The young aspen has new growth, trees were blossoming, I see many shoots coming out of the ground, the roses look vigorous, even the lawn has greened up. Last night and this morning, however, it snowed.

It's been a tough month but good things are happening. Jackson should have started his gifted program today. We worked on a biography of the Wright brothers, and his report was perfect. Ry is discovering some of the things he missed when he was younger, like Winnie the Pooh. We read about the Cyclops in the Odyssey and he wants to go to the library and get another in the series. Still, there is Sponge Bob on Netflix and plants versus zombies on the DS. He still loves to cuddle at night, but is working on claiming the top bunk as his own.

Cyndi took the boys to Disneyland on the train during spring break. I'll post some pics from that trip. They barely fit into an overnight sleeping compartment. The boys had lots of stories about Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Soarin' Over California, and the dreaded Space Mountain.