Fierce First Base

We had a nice, lazy afternoon. JediBoy and I spent a large chunk of time out in the yard, watching ants and slugs, while BabyGirl slept. She kept sleeping, so we sorted through one shelf of books (not a whole bookshelf, mind you, just the single shelf) and made room for new books while weeding out those we don’t enjoy. We played a little Disney Trivial Pursuit (finishing a game from this morning) and cuddled on the couch together, each reading our own books. Then BabyGirl woke up and wanted to spend more than an hour in the high chair, eating away.

This evening, JediBoy had his third t-ball game of the year. He had to wait until the fourth and final inning to get another chance at first base, his favorite position. Here he is, our fierce first baseman.

Vocabulary Word for the Morning: Prosthetic

JediBoy came downstairs this morning while I was still looking over my Google Reader, at the moment that I was reading this morning’s Mental Floss post on animal prosthetics. He asked about the dolphin with the rubber tail in the first picture:

and I wound up reading the whole article to him. He was fascinated and thought some of the moments were funny - like when George the African Grey ate his prosthetic leg. We had a nice little discussion about several of the elements of the story - the word prosthetic, why a dolphin can’t swim without a tail, what titanium is, and so on. Okay, so I glossed over the blurb about “Neuticles” at the bottom of the story! I just didn’t want to go there.

As I was getting breakfast ready, JediBoy branched out from his usual artwork (Pokemon and Star Wars characters) to create these two charming animals:

an elephant - with a bag filled with wood shavings to extend one leg

a happy dolphin in a tank

Then one of those too-cute-not-to-tell-but-don’t-tell-him-I-told-you moments came…

JediBoy said to me with pride and excitement, “Do you see? Do you see his pathetic tail?”

Hope you have a happy morning in your house too!