Caution! Husband at play...

We have officially had the first broken bone in the Krinke family. I had assumed this task would be assigned to our unborn man-child sometime in the next few years. He is supposed to turn our house upside down and be a wild man, right? Perhaps Caitlin's approaching age 7 would doom her to a dreaded "first cast". But no, 'twas not a small person to grace the emergency room last weekend. My biggest child, Brad, decided to demonstrate to his children the need to exit his bicycle from the side rather than over the handle bars. Lesson learned.

Brad had picked up our signs (placed ever-so-carefully to keep our children safe) and hung one from his handlebars. It swung into the spokes of his tire and over he went. A neighbor happened to be outside to help. Amber, with a look of terror in her eyes, told the neighbor, "My gonna go get my Mommy." Out waddles prego-Mom to the rescue! We got everyone inside for dinner and then off to the E.R. we went. Sure enough the X-ray came back to reveal a fracture on the "radial head" (a bone in the elbow). After an appointment with the othopedic specialist the next morning we received the good news that a cast was not needed and hopefully Brad can regain full range of motion without physical therapy. So, as far as fractures go, it was a good fracture to have. I'm still explaining that one to Brad. Poor baby. : )

The culprit of this story also received a fracture but is in good enough shape to resume it's duties in the street, protecting our children. Although I may paint over the words with "Slow, Brad at play."

Take me out to the ball game!

Almost half way through the season and we're still having fun! Yay! I'm not sure Caitlin is learning much about the sport of baseball, but at age 6 almost 7, fun is all that matters. Grandpa's wife, Adrian (Addie if you ask the girls), was able to catch some great photos that make it look like Caity can play with intent. So we figured they should be posted to show the world the great potential of our little athlete. : )


Look at that movement! Glove at the ready and she did actually field the ball!

Caitlin's favorite position: first base. And, gasp, is that another little girl in little league? Yes! This other team actually had 5 girls playing, we're not alone.



Ready position!And last, a demonstration of Caity's real focus on the field. It's important to have a clean pitcher's plate, right?


Since there are no outs in t-ball and they get as many swings as it takes to hit the ball we must entertain ourselves otherwise. But the boys and girls take their job as entertainers quite seriously. Between fighting over the ball in the in-field or sliding into every base and then promptly jumping up to hold their sore bums, the boys keep the entertainment level high. Thank goodness their games have a one hour time limit.

Amber still enjoys going to the ball field:

And we have brought our pooches to the field a couple times as well. We get plenty of attention anytime we take Beau somewhere.
Ah, the great game of baseball!