I can’t help it. Every time Miles has a baseball game or practice (or when Linus played soccer), I turn into mush. Everything just seems so sweet. Like when they “take a knee” while Coach is talking to them. I mean, they’re just talking about the next drill, but something about it gets me. Maybe because I’m so proud of Miles for coming out of his shell? Who knows, but it’s adorable.

First time at the pool this summer! Heavenly.

I guess it’s because I have what I have always considered boring brown eyes, I find the boys’ eyes fascinating. I’m probably jealous of them, to be honest. But it means I’m obsessed with capturing the color: blue-grey flecked with a golden amber in the middle. Still not perfect, but I’ll keep trying.

Got myself a new lens for my mirrorless camera. This one’s 50-200mm, so will be good for Miles’s baseball games. Also takes good pics of our back fence, which I recently attempted to camouflage with reeds. Scintillating, I know.

I love having boys. They’re all gathered around Sam the snail. They named him. In case you were wondering.

Took the boys to see Maleficient (which was great, even though we had to sit in the very front row) but I think they might like this better…

The boys broke into their piggy banks to buy some more Lego sets and Wii U games. Because we don’t have enough of either, clearly.

Can’t get enough Emmett!

Teresa and I went to see Kai Ryssdal, the host of Marketplace on NPR at a local theater. It was pretty interesting, and weird to see the person behind such a familiar voice. Kind of like the time I met Peter Jennings.

The whole Carpool Crew!