Little League Wrap-up

William's Little League team was a lot of fun to watch this year.   We were nervous going into the year since it was a new-to-us coach and team.   There were a few boys from his class so that ended up being great.   And the coach was old school - which was awesome from a coaching perspective and annoying from a parent communication about practices perspective (hello, Hotmail!).   But the coaching and mentoring the young guys was the more important part and I was really pleased with the season.   William had a solid season and although his bat wasn't as hot as last year, he was a better fielder than in years past.   The boys finished one point out of the championship game.   Super tough loss.  And William was the last out of the last game - tagged out stealing 3rd base.   Really hard to tell under the lights and across the field but none of us thought he was out.   But that wasn't at all the point.  They had battled back to be within the 1 score, so the fact that he was within position to tie was what it was.   I wished he'd had the opportunity for the championship game because he didn't get to play when his Brookdale team won it last year, as we were in Florida on vacation.   And this is likely his last year of Little League.   But, good experiences across the board with Little League.   And although I missed my Brookdale mom friends, it was nice to meet some new people.  

And, since we didn't have a championship game to play that weekend, we had the team and families over for a pool party!   Pizza and swimming helped everyone forget there wasn't a baseball game being played!

Cinquo de Junio

 May wasn't very warm.   We were overly optimistic with the pool opening date.    And then post-Disney, I got pneumonia so certainly wasn't ready to swim or host any parties around Cinco de Mayo.    Therefore, we finally had a housewarming/kitchen debut/pool party for the 5th of June!   We had a combination of former Brookdale neighbors as well as my friends from the office who were able to join.   I made my famous margaritas as well as the Surly Sarlaac from Disney (masquerading as "Raspberry Mango Lemonade" for the uninitiated).    Food was anchored by Chipotle build your own bowl catering and a massive amount of chips and guacamole.   I ended up eating chips and salsa and guac for three more days, but otherwise think the right amount of food was ordered!  I didn't even get a picture of the food since it came out without much fanfare when the kids were hungry and the adults wanted to have adult swim!

I took a picture of our herbs that are doing so well.  The combination of rain and heat has really made them take off.  We have parsley, oregano, basil, chives here, and then lettuce and tomato plants on the other side of the deck.   The lettuce is also doing well.  The tomatoes are tall, but I'm not optimistic about the fruit since I don't see any buds.