Play Ball!!!

Ball season has begun! Lovey & Honey were all gung ho to get to the field. They recognized a few friends from school when they got there & were off & running. The coaches this year seem more able to handle large quantities of clueless elementary school kids and had lots of drills going & kept them better occupied than last year. This year it's a few dads, whereas last year they were highschool/univ aged boys who didn't seem to grasp that a lot of the 6 year olds were beginners who had never played before. They played catch, threw the balls at targets, batted and ran bases. It was a busy hour and they loved every bit of it!

In true Sweetie style, she boycotted all the sign ups she could (we are "making" her play soccer though). She wasn't having anything to do with this Tball business and brought along Bunny, her DS and was NOT interested in playing with her sisters. Five minutes after her sisters went on the field, a little voice floated up to my ears with those 2 sweet little words every mom loves to hear "I'm bored." Her sisters weren't using their gloves at that particular time so I suggested she & I play catch. "Ok!!!!" she said. I almost fell over! Not wanting to lose the moment, I grabbed the gloves and we moved off to play. and play. and play. Twenty minutes LATER, I suggested that Daddy might like to play catch with her. and so he did. for ANOTHER 2o minutes! She was actually able to trap the ball in the glove most of the time if we lobbed it softly (which is more than I can do with a kid sized glove!) and she was quite thrilled with being so talented!

On the way home we talked about how much fun they'd had and who they'd seen there etc. I commented that Sweetie had done pretty well for a girl who didn't want to play! She happily agreed.

Me: so do you think you'd like to sign up then?

S: Someday!

Me: Someday like next week?

S: No.

so glad she didn't deviate from form!!!! LOL

P.S.- 2 more days til their birthday dinner, 3 more days til their party with their friends. Just in case you needed an update, I've gotten about 20 of them today :)))