Up on Two Wheels

Yesterday Josh asked, "Daddy, can I ride my bike on two wheels tomorrow?" Well, today was the day, and sure enough, after about ten minutes of wobbles and weebles, Josh was up on two wheels. Within a half-hour he made it around the block and was doing "burn-outs". It was a big day. Below is the photo album of the big event.

Josh 2 Wheeler April 08

Opening Day was Great

Today was opening day for the Wappingers Falls Yankees as they faced the Wappinger Falls As. Joshua Zangerle went 3 for 3 tearing three home runs down the third base line at each at bat. Each of Josh' s hits were from pithes- no tee was needed. Josh continued to demonstrate speed on the base paths. In the field Josh caught a grounder as the short stop and chased down a few other balls that got away.

Below is a photo album for the day. I'll be adding to it soon!

Tee Ball Opening Day

Check out the video of Josh's first hit as a Yankee below.

Tee Ball Opening Day

Josh's opening day for tee ball is this Saturday at 10:45. I have sent the directions to those people who needed them, but just in case I will post them here as well. After the game we will have burgers and dogs at our house. All are welcome to attend. If someone could bring a video camera that would be great. I'll probably be helping the coach and won't get to film much.

From RT-9D
	Turn right at CR-93/Middlebush Rd Continue to follow CR-93	4.5 mi
.	Turn right at RT-376	0.9 mi
	Turn left at Robinson Ln	1.8 mi
	Turn right	0.3 mi

Robinson Lane Recreation Park

Obama Rsponds to "Small Town America" Comments

Here is the actual quote:

"You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them,... And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

Anyone who is willing to be even semi-honest with themselves about these comments can realize that there is a great deal of underlying truth here. It is the fact that people cannot even have discussions about core issues underlying poverty without having love of God and country questioned that really demonstrates what a precipitous juncture our Democracy has reached. When Hillary Clinton, who in posing as a candidate for President who is supposed to represent the more liberal end of the spectrum, criticizes Obama for such comments and boards the same bang-wagon driven by the Republican candidate John McCain, that people who are looking for rigorous, intellectual debate begin to feel all hope fade. Obama's words below should be the punctuation to this, hopefully brief, diversion because they make "sense". ~If that is allowed anymore.

"When we get past the politics of division and distraction, and we start focusing on what we have in common there is nothing we can't accomplish. "-- Obama from speech in Indiana.

Josh received his Award Certificate from gymnastics.

Alex received her Award Certificate from gymnastics.

Josh's First Tee-Ball Practice

Josh had his first tee-ball practice last night. It was really exciting. The coach had the kids do ground ball drills, run the bases and take a hit off the tee. Josh did great and hit a nice grounder down the third base line. When we got in the car and asked him if he had fun he said, "Yeah I had fun. When is the next practice!" He really dug it. AWESOME!

***Opening Day***

Opening Day is April 19th at 11am. It is at the Robinson Lane Baseball Recreational Area in Wappingers Falls. Everyone is invited back to our house for a barbecue lunch after the big game.