My Slugger

Well Baseball season is in full swing!  Colton is playing Pitch ball this year and it is so much fun to watch the boys, it is so different than Tee Ball.  Colton seems have just figured out baseball overnight too.  He is one of the stronger hitters on the team, he has only stuck out once so far this year and we are about 6 games into the season already.  He is getting quite good at playing in the field as well.  Last year he would still shy away from the ball when someone threw it to him but this year he is doing everything he can to make the plays.  He played second base tonight and made two outs at his base.  The next inning he played first base and he got another runner out at his base.  The boys play only 6 innings at this age which is probably enough as that already take two hours and anymore than that can be tough for 7 and 8 year olds!   It has been so much fun to see him grow and excel with this sport, I think we might have found his calling as far as sports are concerned but only time will tell.  He told me sad when going to bed tonight, I asked why and he said because baseball was over.  He said he loves baseball this year which was so good to hear.  Sometimes I think as parents we push our kids to play sports because we want them to so for him to say that he loves it made me feel much better about this choice!  

 

 Mason has also been a trooper this baseball season.  We always bring a stash of snacks, a supply of toys and books and sometimes we are lucky enough to have a park right next to the field where he can play while Mommy watches the game and can still see him!  He is such an easy three year old considering we spend two nights a week at the baseball fields (for up to 2.5 hours some nights).  Gotta love this kid.  He is Colton's biggest fan!