The Olson Family

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Ethan and Tee ball

It is so exciting to watch Ethan playing tee-ball with his team mates. Ethan has come along way from being so shy that he would not even leave my side to taking direction from his coaches and playing tee ball without Mom standing beside him the whole time. I am so proud of my little home run hitter! Yes, you heard me, Ethan just hit a home run last night at the one game I missed watching. How does a 5 year old hit a home run you ask? Well, since the kids are just learning the basic skills and rules of tee ball at this age, There are no such thing as outs and as you can imagine, there really is no outfield because the kids can't hit the ball out that far yet. However, they let the last batter of the game run all the bases, letting them be the "Home run Hitter" for that game.

Here is Ethan hitting his home run!!!!

Waiting for his turn to bat

Ethan's helmet was too big for him so he had to hold it so it would not fall off as he runs the bases.

Brooke and Kami at the game:-)

Adriauna and Brooke at the game

Monday, July 18, 2011

Fun at the Zoo!

We took the kids to the Como Zoo to see the animals and watch the Sparky show of course! We only took a few pictures seeing that I had my hands full with the kids but Ethan has always wanted to sit on these giraffes for a picture and they were always too hot to sit on when we have visited until this day so we got one this time :-)

Children's Museum

Our family can't get enough of the Children's museum!

Ethan checking out with his groceries at the child sized grocery store

I am pretty sure that this is Kami's favorite place so far at the museum. She had so much fun filling her cart with food and checking out at the register. I thought we would never be able to drag her out of there.

Brooke has a great time shopping as well :-) She was a very serious shopper in fact

Ethan all dressed up in the pilot costume

Kami dressed up in the construction worker costume! The imaginative play section was so much fun.

playing in the pool

The kids always have a great time playing in the pool

Ethan and cousin Derek

I love how curly Ethan's hair is. I just had to post this picture of him and his cousin Derek. Their hair is so similar!

July 4th 2011

Our church put on a wonderful July 4th activity. We started off with a flag ceremony in the morning where everyone sang the National Anthem followed by raising the flag and reciting the pledge of allegiance. After the ceremony we had a wonderful breakfast outside and then all the kids decorated their bikes and paraded around the parking lot. It turned out to be a wonderful morning :-)