Sam's Star Wars Bedroom

Last week we painted and decorated Sam's bedroom.  There hadn't been many changes to it since he was two years old, so he was fairly excited to be able to pick most things that went in there.  He wanted a loft like Maria, to have more space to play underneath, and he also wanted light gray walls with one dark blue wall.  And of course, the main theme would be Star Wars.  I've included pictures so that if you are starting in his doorway and work your way clockwise around the room, this is what you would see.


This is his new dresser - better than his old, but we will still miss the added storage he had in the drawers in his old bed.



The top of his loft - that's a TIE fighter on the bedspread, in case you can't tell.






And the cozy spot under  his loft - his beanbag chair makes a nice spot for reading or okaying video games.










He was very excited to have his own desk - notice the Star Troopers poster above the desk.















The window would be between the last two pictures.  The drawers are new - to hold toys and desk stuff - but the bookcase was old.  Sam would only allow Star Wars toys on the bookshelf - everything else had to go in the basement.






And of course, we can't forget the poster that is above the bookshelf - including ALL Star Wars characters ever.



He seems to really love his new room, and I love how uncluttered it is.  We'll see how long that lasts!

Father's Day

We spent a pretty quiet Father's Day at home.  We woke up in MacCracken Hall at Miami University, after we spent all day and night Saturday at Alumni weekend.  And after our busy day on Saturday, and the two hour drive home, we were all pretty tired.  The kids made Ben a card and gave him his gift (a "Fear No Distance" banner where he can hang all of his racing medals), but then we just hung around the house the rest of the day.  Ben was able to nap and watch the US Open, so I'm pretty sure he had a happy Father's day.

2011 Baseball Season

This is Sam's second year in coach pitch baseball, and next summer he will move on to kid pitch ball.  We've seen a lot of improvement this year, from both Sam and many of his teammates as well.  The team is doing pretty good, with a record of 4-3 halfway through the season.  Sam seems to always like to go to games, although he does get a little depressed when he strikes out, as do all of the boys.  At this age, the main idea is to have fun, and so we're happy with how it's going.  And it gives Sam something to do a few days each week, which is important now that school is out!

The pictures are from Saturday's game, which was Sam's best performance yet.  He hit the ball each time he batted, had two RBI's and scored one run.  He is in the middle of the batting order, so many times once he's on base, the kids who bat after him strike out, and he doesn't have much opportunity to score runs himself.  We have explained to him how batting runner in is still very important, which he gets, but there is something thrilling about crossing home plate that makes it a lot more fun.

Lisa's PR at Powell 5k!

Official time was 31'12".