Reese and Finn’s First T-Ball Game

Today Reese and Finn played their first-ever t-ball game. Their team: the Metropolitan Market Mets. The site: View Ridge Playfield. Their coach: Steve Kelley, dad of Reese’s classmates Carson & Quin (as well as Tanner and Olivia). Their biggest fan: me.

My favorite Mets!

The game lasted two innings. No score kept — for that, I think I’m glad. The other team had a few players who had to have been walking when Finn was born.

Reese (standing on first base) had her first-ever base hit in the first inning.

Their next game is on Saturday. Can’t wait.

Reese played pitcher in the first inning.

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Reese Loses Her First Tooth

Lost in the hulabaloo of Thanksgiving was a pretty significant back story. About an hour before everyone arrived, Reese lost her first tooth. She knocked her left front tooth out while jumping on a chair in her room.

Not the best way to lose a tooth, but what are you gonna do.

Posing for her first picture sans a front tooth.

The scene was quite bloody but she calmed down soon enough.

On Saturday she deposited her tooth fairy money ($1) into her savings account.

That night the tooth fairy left her $1, which she promptly deposited in her savings account on Saturday.

The first of many to come.

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Reese’s First Pedicure

Today Ronnie took Reese and Olivia to get pedicures.

I have no idea why.

It was Reese’s first. A pic:

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Reese’s First Professional Soccer Game (Or, MY First Professional Soccer Game)

This afternoon Reese and I joined the Belle family and several of their closest friends for an afternoon out at the Sounders game. The occasion was Tommy Belle’s fifth birthday and the location was Suite 17 at Century Link Field — a pretty nice place to take in a game. It was both my and Reese’s first-ever professional soccer game — and it was a heck of a lot of fun.

A few pics:

First ones there.

Pre game.

Gettin’ ready for the game.

Olivia and Reese.

Some of their fellow partygoers.

Tommy digging into a considerable stack of presents.

Cake time!

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Reese’s First Day of Kindergarten

Goodbye pre-school, hello kindergarten.

A few pics:

Finn — none too pleased about Reese getting the spotlight.

On the walk to school with Melanie, Olivia and Emma Johnston.

Olivia and Reese.

A stream of parents taking their kids to school.

Laurelhurst Elementary.

On the way in to class.

With Mom …

and Dad.

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Hitting the Driving Range

This afternoon the kids and I hit the family tee at the Sand Point driving range.   We’ve hit it around the back yard for a while now, but this was their first outing at a real course.

Here’s hoping they’ll love the game as much as me.

The kids quite enjoyed it.  Finn has a cross-handed grip, but we have a lifetime to fix that.  Reese quite took to it as well.  They won’t turn pro anytime soon, but for their first time out, I was quite pleased.

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Reese Rides a Bike!!

Forty-eight hours ago, Reese aborted her attempt at riding a bike without training wheels for the first time.

About an hour ago, she gave it another go.   And was successful.

Reese got up — and stayed up — without training wheels. Age: five years and a week.

The difference in the interim was a balance bike I purchased yesterday for $25 off Craigslist.  A few hours on that thing and — voile — a bike rider was born.

For moments of pure parental joy, this one is near — if not at — the top of the list.

Next up — and very soon — Finn.

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Reese’s First Soccer Game

Prior to rallying over to Ballard for Otter’s fortieth birthday, Rhonda and I attended Reese’s first soccer game.  Reese has been playing Lil’ Kickers for a few years now, but this was her first actual game.

Not quite a dominant force — yet.

They don’t keep score at the pre-kindergarten level, but if they had I think Reese’s team yellow would have come in second.  I’m pretty sure the yellow team scored more goals in its own goal than it did in the blue team’s.

As for Reese, let’s just say she’s no Mia Hamm.  Yet.

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Another Right of Passage: Their First Shamrock Shakes

Today was a big day in the kids’ lives: they tried their first shamrock shakes:

Lest you consider calling Child Protective Services right about now, we actually split one large shake between the three of us.

Surely I can be forgiven this one indulgence.

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Snow!

Casa de Jenkins in a winter wonderland.

This morning the Jenkins family awoke to Seattle’s first snow of 2012.

And it wasn’t an insignificant amount. At least it wasn’t after the second deluge stopped in the afternoon.

The family made two ventures into the winter wonderland, the first in the morning, the second in the afternoon when we joined Norman and Sofia for some sledding on the north side of Laurelhurst Park, the kids’ first-ever sledding adventures.

Stopping for photos.

Us too.

Little did Finn know that he'd be the object of his sister's snowballs.

The weatherman says more snow is on the way. Can’t wait.

A few more pics and videos:

Reese ran out of gas toward afternoon's end.

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