First Game of the Baseball Season

In my previous post I talked about Sissi's long term goals.  Gwangi has decided that he loves baseball and wants to be a professional baseball player.  He is a bit concerned that he missed 2 years of playing ball while we were in Tanzania, he feels like he is behind all of his other team mates...he's hoping they play baseball in Central Eurasia, too.  I'm not sure that they do, but we'll find him something fun to be involved in there.

Gwangi's team, the A's

My ball player.  So very handsome.

Sissi, playing during the ball game.

Coach Mike, counting off the boys for their batting order.

Meeting the other team, before the game.

My sweet Krypto, watching his brother play baseball.

Gwangi hits the ball!

Running off of first to second base.

My running boy.

Oh no, he's going to be out on his way to home base!

Just a few pics of my dancing girl

I think I might have shared this before, but Sissi has said that she wants to work overseas when she grows up - to teach kids how to read by having a library where they can come and get free books, and to also have a dance school where they can come and have free classes while she shows them all about our Father's love.  

While doing our study of Psalms this year, we draw a picture about each one...One day, this week, we had Psalm 20 and it talked about the Lord giving us the desires of our heart.  She drew a picture of her library and dance school when she's an adult.  What a sweet girl, with a heart full of love!

Sissi, explaining to us about her library and dance studio

All dressed up and ready for class

Her cute hair

I wish she would let me braid it everyday...but, alas, only on dancing day now.  Otherwise, she likes to wear it down and "curly, like you, Mom."

Sissi, in her class.  I would have taken other photos, but we have to stand outside of the class and with the blinds on the windows, the pictures just didn't turn out well.

Field Trip - Old Salem

We had an awesome field trip together to Old Salem!

Favorites from the day - Krypto said seeing the Moravian Single Brothers' House with all the trades, Gwangi said his favorite was the God's Acres Cemetery, Sissi loved trying out the chocolate, and I liked seeing the room that George Washington stayed in 1791 and the note he wrote in thanks to the Tavern owner...pictures are all below of our favorite things!

Beautiful gardens

Smelling the flowers

We got to try coffee at St. Philip's Moravian Church, the oldest African American Church in North Carolina

The inside of the church

A Sunday School room

Part of the old electrical system

Outside of St. Philips

The Gunsmith's shop

Re-enactment of black powder shooting

Holding the heavy shotgun

Smelling the sulfur after a shot

The "Best Room" in the Tavern, where George Washington stayed for 2 nights on his 1791 trip through town

His hand written note of thanks

A view of his "Southern Tour"

The root cellar

Listening to stories in the kitchen

The printing press

It was actually a second hand press, from Philadelphia

Tools of the trade

The original, though restored, pipe organ....250 years old.

Talking to the shoe maker

The dying room

Learning about weights and measures

Learning about how they made chocolate

Did you know they put chili pepper in their chocolate in the 18th Century...that was Sissi's "favorite strange fact of the day"

Mars company makes "Heritage Chocolate"

Priming the water pump

Watching the joiners at work

The apothecary

Learning about different types of teas and their medical uses

A view of the Doctor's house

More talk of tea

Getting to make our own tea bags

Putting our tea in the bag

Gwangi's tea bag

The Graveyard

Getting ready to take a walk

The kids, talking about the head stones

It just goes on and on

The Moravian Home Church, the largest in the Southern Province

We got to hear the bells rung at 4pm...Yes, we were there for most of the day.  It was very worth the trip!