It's Beastie Boys week. Kids new fave car song? Brass Monkey. Parenting fail? Maybe. Rap is so fast they can't grasp lyrics.

Power hitter

T-ball! Ava used her hot pink bat to smack two solid hits, prompting a parent on the opposing team to shout, "Way to go girl power!"

Would sir prefer the clown shoes?

See Dylan's blue Crocs? A month plus of speech therapy and his first sartorial declaration is that he wanted "this ones." Fashion-wise, I may have preferred him mute.

Wearing fleece & cooking banana bread. Is this spring break or mid-winter break?!

Spring break

Lovely spring break stay-cation day off. Light rail to downtown with grandparents & kids for walking, people watching & lunch, then sous chef for Jason's first chicken fettuccine, which was the bomb. Life is good.