Thomas Family DVR: March 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Ellen Hopkins Family Night

Tonight was Family Night. It has been pretty hectic around here so just Danny and Maya went. Fin, Claire and I went on walk and had dinner at the Maize. Danny and Maya had a great time. There were a ton of games and you could get special treats as well. Here are a few examples!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Happy Birthday ...and... First Smiles!

Happy 39th birthday to Danny!!! We had a fun night out with the Theye's and the kids put on a lovely dance/concert/theatrical performance for the event.

Also, Claire smiled for the first time this afternoon when Maya was playing with her after school! So sweet. And Maya was pretty excited that she was the first one to get a smile!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Wrestling with Dad

Wrestling happens at least every other day in our house. Inevitably Fin will end up crying and Maya ends up with her feet tucked into her underwear (Danny's signature move).

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Playing with the Camera

I was fooling around with the camera tonight and ended up getting some fun pics.

Getting Bigger and Bigger

Monday, March 26, 2012

Daddy Blog (3/26/12)

Playing Catch

By: Danny Thomas

A lot of my blogs start
with a train of thought
during a ride in the car
by myself,
often, early in the morning
which rarely happens these days.

sometimes,
I remember something
that I thought of earlier
in the week.
Or recall that Jen said, “you should blog about that…”
Usually I don’t remember anything, and my brain
finds its own path.

This week
I had a moment
that was all three.
I remembered an inspiring moment
that also happened to be something
Jennifer commented on…
and my mind took a little journey
along that way.
That is the best.

I was thinking about playing catch…

Earlier in the week,
I played catch with Lil’ Chaos.
We kicked a ball too.

I was also thinking about playing catch with my dad.
And my mom.
We played catch a lot,
It was the best.
Baseball, Football, Frisbee, Soccer…

And I was thinking about the ways in which playing catch are transcendent, rapturous, innumerable, and ineffable.

It is healthy; beneficial to the mind, body and spirit.

I was never much for Little League
I don’t think I had the attention span
for organized baseball…
I was one of those distracted by dandelions in left field..
An airplane over third base
could steal my attention from
whatever was going on in the game…

But I love to play catch…

The fact that Lil’ Chaos and I have
reached a point on our journey together
that playing catch
with a ball,
kicked or tossed,
is enjoyable
and gripping
for both of us
at least, for a period of time
is, for me, profound.

we played ball
in the backyard for
nearly an hour
worked on hitting for a while
and tossed the ball
and kicked one for a while too.

The peals of laughter,
pure joy
as she caught ball after ball…
and as she figured out how to get a ball to me
how to “hit me in the numbers”

Also, I was thinking about baseball mitts…

The baseball mitt
is a singular experience,
a unique sensuality.

We had a few around the house.
They didn’t come from anywhere,
they were just there.
There was a catcher’s mitt I liked best.
and it was the one right handed mitt around that fit me,
so that was lucky.

Maya is a lefty.
She needs a new mitt
the one she has is too small.
It’s also pink
and purple
and has Dora on it.
We are beyond that now…

Friday, March 23, 2012

Tow-Behind & Family Walk

Friends of the family moved to South Africa and gave us a tow-behind for the bike. Fin is getting big for the Skuut bike but isn't quite ready for a peddle bike so we thought we would give this a try. She is a bit nervous about it...we'll see.

Baby Claire...

Later that night on our walk...

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Wagon Antics

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Ballet Class

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Silly Face

Slack Line

There has been a slack line on campus this year and the girls decided they wanted to have a go at it tonight on our walk. So...they kicked off their shoes and gave it a shot!