Knocking out all my "easy" posts - in a semi-backwards fashion. Now onto some posts where I actually have to edit some pictures! But before I do, just some ballpark pics I'm playing with:

I'd LOVE to do a session at a ballpark one day! That would be TOO fun. But a smaller ballpark, not one that has like 4 decks. I loved this Orioles stadium - small enough to be intimate, but large enough to feel grand.

Please Touch Museum - Philadelphia

I took Michael to the Please Touch Museum (Children's Museum - just for clarification) - in Philly one day.

It is very far away and incredibly challenging for an Asian person like me to navigate. Let's just say once you get downtown, there are 1.5 lanes that Philly-pians think are 2 lanes and they drive like they're in freakin' Korea - all at the same time while stuck behind a tram and trying to drive while your tires are in the tram track grooves.

Nope, not my speciality.

BUT - it was SO worth it! Michael LOVED LOVED the museum.

In the craft/play room:

On the indoor carousel:
On the Big Piano - by the same maker as the one in Big/FAO Schwartz - except this one is a bit broken:
That blur is Michael in the huge water section:
And probably the most popular was this crane that dug up a balloon ball pit:


He had a fantastic time! So much to do - indoor food shopping/etc. He went CRAZY in the children's super market. All my pictures of him there were super blurry there because he was so fast. You would have thought he was on the Price Is Right or something. He cracked me up though because he went to the "fish case" and cleaned it out. I think he had about 20 kilo of trout in his cart.

Glad we went - but with gas at $4.14 a gallon, it's gonna be a splurge/treat kind of day! I want to get a membership pretty badly because it's pretty steep just to go for one visit ($41 for both of us after parking/carousel tickets/admission!). It's only $125 a year for membership up to 4 people. However, since it is so far away - I'm taking pause.

First Tee-Ball Game

On April 9th, Michael had his first t-ball game and Brian was of course, coach:

Thankfully, another boy in Michael's preschool class is on the team too and his dad is assistant coach - although he's so good he might as well be head coach! Brian's just glad for the help!

Michael definitely enjoyed it, however, I do not think it is as natural to him as soccer!

Here's Michael's first at bat:

Running towards 2nd base:
Hopping on it:
And on 3rd base next to dad:
It was really funny because all the outfielders just wanted to get the ball. Which led to a lot of this:

That would be a lot of outfielders all at the ball. I think we had one person on base at this time. And the other coach kept saying, "Hey guys, we are all on the same team!"

Brian said our t-ball team has a real hunger for the ball. While our soccer team was pretty content just standing around. So it would have been nice to have had our t-ball team for soccer and our soccer team for t-ball. That would have worked out perfectly!

Michael had fun, which was all that mattered! Our last game was in the cold and rain and pretty miserable. But our team actually scored a bonafide out! Yea! Progress!