Baseball Season!

Stone started his first season of t-ball this year. It's brings back some fun memories of when I used to go to Jordan's baseball games. Jordan's fields were next to the high school I practiced summer track at (Cliff's high school, actually), so I'd walk over right after and watch his games. 

Cliff didn't play baseball growing up (he's 100% football), but he's gotten into it, and has really enjoyed it.

It's so fun to watch the little guys. They are just now beginning to understand the concept of the game. I think team sports are so important for children. They learn team work, respect for coaches, get them around a different batch of kids, which forces them to make new friends and break out of their comfort zones, teaches them sportsmanship, burns their energy, keeps them active, and I could seriously keep the list going on. And I don't knock individual sports. Individual sports are great, too, and as a girl, aside from cheerleading, it seems like I participated more in those (dance, gymnastics, and track). 

Oh, and I totally inherited my mom's voice. I could hear my mom's voice, alone, on the other side of the track during my races "Good job, Kendal!! She's coming up behind you!!". The whole football stands and baseball stands could hear her during my brothers' games. And now, everyone can hear me yelling, "WAY TO GO, STONE!!; WAY TO HUSTLE, BUDDY!!; KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL!; RUN FAST LIKE FLASH!; FOCUS!! (when he is looking board out on the field). Yes, that's me!

Here he is at his first practice:

  

The night of his first game:

Cliff and Stone doing some batting practice on the side of the yard after work:

Getting ready to bat:

He is Mr. "I don't take naps!", but fell asleep during quiet time recently. Between school, baseball, playing outside all day on the trampoline, and being a total boy, sometimes he just can't help it. The pool opens Memorial Day weekend, and I think we'll be seeing more naps from him:

Emerson is a great sport at his practices and games. She stole his helmet and bat at one practice, and wanted to jump right into it. She is a total monkey (people at the gym confirm that, my mom just told her that, and I see it everyday as she jumps from one thing to the next, swings around things, balances on things, etc.), and so I think gymnastics is in the near future for her.

A princess fairy at baseball practice? Why not??:

And again, this little guys is the perfect little baby. He sat on the wrap, totally happy with one of Emerson's arrows (from her bow and arrow set), and sat there the whole game. Always a good sport!

 Yah for baseball!