T-Ball Report

As my kids have gotten older, it's been fun getting them involved in sports. I grew up with two brothers and we were ALWAYS involved in sports - and I loved it. Sports are good. Healthy. Fun.

So I was semi-excited when Braden got involved in basketball. I was semi-excited when we put him in soccer. But now....oh yes...now, it's that time of year. America's Past Time. By far the favorite.

My 5yr old-Braden- and my 4 yr old-Logan- are on the same team. And as we arrived at practice yesterday, I was asked (duped...just kidding) to help coach. We had a great first practice (as if you can really do much with 14 kindergartners running around playing in the dirt). It's great to be done with winter. It's good to be out on a ball field with kids and then hanging out with strangers in the community.

A few observations from practice ONE:

We think Logan may be left handed; Kids think it's the coolest thing to run around the bases; One kid kept complaining that his hand was "too sweaty" inside his glove; Too many kid's diet consist of chips and soda...lots of it; We are the COWBOYS - each team is assigned a college name---we ended up with Oklahoma State...disappointing for us SEC fanatics, but the kids love it; Parents yell at their kids too much...I'm determined to keep my attitude and anger in check and not vent on my kids----need help in this area yourself? -- visit your local ballpark and watch other parents....sometimes that's the best medicine; This will be tons of fun; I miss playing church softball; Our t-ball team will absolutely CRUSH the competition, in fact, they might as well cancel the season...(oh, sorry, not sure what happened there...) :-) :-) ha ha.

Up next at practice #2: Teaching the kids how to properly spit on the field.