The Hitter

Buby had his first official practice tonight, and I must say that he is so far "The Hitter" on the team. I had no idea!! He hit at least 15 straight pitches before missing one {above}.


Tonight felt more like June than March. We ate a picnic dinner on the bleachers. It was sunny and warm, and the rain held out until the very end. Bleu was in good spirits and quite amusing, Bear was such a better spectator than last week {because I brought my mom}, and the rain afterward made our whole neighborhood smell a-m-a-z-i-n-g.


The best part is: My Sweets snuck out of work early {like half day early!} to be there for the whole practice. We were all surprised, but Buby couldn't believe his eyes.


Yes, I love him EXTRA for that.

Little League

- Minor 1: Coach pitch
- Team: Red Socks {I know!!}
- Practices: Monday nights
- Games: TBD
- Players: 10 {7 boys, 3 girls}
- Grades: 1st and 2nd
- Equipt: Glove, bat, cap, cleats


P.S. Buby went straight from school to art class to baseball Monday night, so he wasn't dressed quite appropriate in his blue trousers. Ha! First real practice is March 19.

Soccer Shots

Bend It Like

Or not. This is the most I saw him go after the ball all day. He spent the majority of soccer practice kicking lawn clippings around and having a jolly ole time. In his own world.

Bleu + Grandma DJ hang on the sidelines.

Soccer Saturday

All week Buby talked about soccer practice. He even played a competitive game in the yard with Mommy + Daddy after dinner last night. It was a rip-roaring good time! But when we showed up on the field today Buby was intimidated by all people. There must have been 20-30 kids there {plus siblings + parents}, and a lot of them already knew each other from the indoor league.


Tom encouraged Buby to just go. You could tell he wanted in on the action but wasn't sure how to break the ice. He observed closely and then tried to sweet talk me into holding his hand during warmup laps. I'd say it took him 3/4 of the class to get into his groove. And then it was time to leave. So I set up cones in the backyard and we continued playing for as long as he wanted while Bleu watched from her baby swing and My Sweets ran to the train station to retrieve an old grad school buddy in town to spend the day with us. {They hadn't seen each other in 9 years.}


We spent the whole day outside. Buby + I laughed our heads off and covered ourselves in grass stains. Next Saturday we'll show up early enough for Buby to introduce himself to his teammates. That will help break the ice.