First Baseball Game

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So we've wanted to take the boys to a baseball game for awhile now. Only problem is that games start at either 7:10 at night or 1:15 in the afternoon. The boys' normal bedtime is 7:30 and their naptime from 1:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon. So either way we would be taking tired cranky boys.

So last weekend we're home and I flip over to the Reds game on TV. The game is rain delayed, and the announcer mentions they're planning on getting it started at 3:30. One of the nice things about living in Cincinnati is that from the moment you decided to go to a Reds game, you can be downtown, park, scalp tickets, and be in your seat in 20 minutes or so. Sometimes having a team 12 games back of first is a good thing

It was a good time. The boys were most interested in the spoons that came with our frozen lemon cups, but I think they glanced at the field a few times here and there. The didn't even seem to mind the fireworks.

A couple more pics are below

Jess and the Boys

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So as long as I've known her, Jess has driven fast. Having two kids and driving a minivan has slowed her down a bit, but one can tell this is not her natural tendency. Last weekend she got to indulge her lead foot at the Kentucky Speedway. The full set of pics is here.

Grandpa has this playing with the kids thing down

Fun With the Orange Round Lion Thing

There is no limit to the fun that can be had with the Orange Fuzzy Round Lion Thing.

Eating is Hard Work

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I mean, food doesn't just get itself all over your face, the floor, the walls, the dog.....

Hangin at the Pool

The weather is nice and we've been going to the outdoor pool the last few weekends. The boys seem to be enjoying the pool more and more each time we go, and Matt even learned to splash the last time we were there.

 

Sunglasses

We usually take a walk when I get home from work. This is sometime between 5:30 and 6:00, and when we turn west the sun is right in the boys' eyes. Baby sunglasses seemed like the perfect solution. Plus how cute would they be?

Below are the four pictures I managed to take in the six seconds before Ben removed his. Matt actually seemed to think they were pretty cool. Click for larger versions:

 


 

Boxes are Fun!

Boxes are more fun than anything Fisher Price has ever come up with

Matt Playing with Duncan

Matt plays with Duncan also. There's more petting and less tug-of-war'ing

Ribbit

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Matt just hanging out on his lily pad

Ben Plays with Duncan

Somehow Duncan knows the difference between his and the kids' toys. The boys don't necessarily have that insight yet.





For the record, the moose had just been washed.

Trip to the Aquarium: Now with the ability to follow moving objects!

So we hit the break-even point on our Aquarium season passes by going again last weekend. This time we were smart enough to forgo the stroller, and go earlier in the day so it wasn't so crowded.

The boys are much more aware of the world around them than they were last time, so it was fun to watch them watch the fish. Ben was especially funny as he kept trying to reach out and touch the jellyfish. Some pictures and notes below


The birds were also a bit more lively than they were last time we were there. Here Jess and I are either facinating the boys with the pretty colorful birds or scaring them for life with the time the birds tried to eat Mom and Dad's hands.




Shawn: ...and a shark's skeleton is made entirely of cartilege...
Ben: The tag on my bib is fun to chew on!



Once he's out, Matt can sleep anywhere

Cheerio Confusion

So this weekend we tried the next step up from baby food, and that means Cheerios. I put a few individual O's on each of the boys high chair trays. They both looked at me blankly. Ben didn't even try to put any in his mouth, and he puts *everything* in his mouth. So we figured lets go and get each of them a whole *bowl* of Cheerios. Thinking maybe that if presented with enough of them they'd eventually try to put them in their mouths. Here is the result.






Apparently tupperwear is the most interesting thing about eating cereal.

Six Month Pictures

Here's a sample of the boys six month pictures. Click through for larger versions. These were taken the day Ben got his splint put on, and my photoshop skills aren't good enought to take it out.

  
 

Tooth Count: Matt - 2 Ben - 1

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So now that Ben has his first tooth we've added toothbrushing to the nightly routine. The boys mostly see it as a opportunity to make faces in the bathroom mirror.