Work around the house and a new baseball star.

What is happening to us? We struggled out of bed to realize that it was 10:00! We can't be that tired. I know this pollen is taxing my lungs and sinuses, but my goodness! I spent some time scraping paint from some windows Stacy had painted while Evelyn tried to clean Olivia's closet. What a mess! These kids have three of every plastic toy known to man and never get rid of any of them. We finished off the etouffee for lunch and then Evelyn and Stacy went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to get a 20% refund on yesterday's purchased items. They had found a coupon that had come in the mail. While they were gone, I tried to reassemble a chair for them that had been falling apart for years. It is a wooden kitchen chair. They had some dowel pins that were too small, so I looked around the neighborhood for some scraps I could use for shims in the holes. I found some and made small pieces, drove them into the holes and added wood glue. I got it reassembled and it is better than it was, but I am no carpenter and give no guarantees that it will stay together. I went to the bus stop to meet Olivia coming home from school. She is always glad to get home but reverts to antagonizing behavior soon after. We are awaiting Tom and Peter's arrival so we can go to Peter's baseball game. He has track practice for the once a year meet tonight. It is a full busy day for a ten year old. We went to an open house at Olivia's school and then drove through Peter's favorite restaurant--Krystal (a souther substitute for White Castle) and bought dinner. Off to the ball diamond where Peter played left field and second base. The highlight though was his hitting. While we played Sunday, Tom and I emphasized that we would like to see him swing at the ball more instead of trying to walk. When he came up the first time, he doubled. The second time was in the final inning. He led off with a triple and scored the winning run when a teammate hit a ball that was mishandled in the infield. He was on cloud nine, and we were blessed to be present for his first ever hit after three years of playing. We will leave in the morning.