T-Ball is here!

Yesterday we attended the Opening Ceremony for the Peccole Little League. Yep, I'm a T-Ball mom. It was a fun day. We were at the park from 9:30 until 2:00, and we had a great time. After the opening ceremony we had about 2 hours to kill before pictures at 12:30, so the kids played and played on the playground at the park. They dug in the sand and played tag and made new friends, and it was great. Stuart spent the morning helping my brother move, but showed up at about noon with sandwiches, Cheetos and drinks for our picnic! We had just enough time to eat and tell Daddy about our morning before we headed over for pictures, and then on to his game. He had so much fun. Here are some of the pictures from our day.
There are 4 coaches I think, all of them Dad's to boys on the team. Coach Mike is the Head Coach, and does a great job with the kids (they would make me crazy!!!!) One of the other coaches ran a warm up, and stretching session. I thought it was so funny! There is our little number 10 with no butt and too big pants! When they told us it was time to order, we were given the option of Small, Medium or Large. Being a mom I asked, Well is that children's sizes, or Youth sizes? Because if it's children's I need a medium, if its youth I need a small. No one could answer that question for me. I still think it's a little crazy that no one knew the answer, so I went Medium, and guess what, it's Youth sizes! Just my luck right?

How funny is it to see little boys stretching out? It is even more funny to hear the coach trying to explain why we stretch out. That's my little man, laying down!
Throwing the ball! All the Dad had to say was "Nice Form."

If you look really close you can see the ball at the very edge of his glove. He is getting better at everything all ready. Hopefully he will continue to love it and get better as he goes.

Up at bat! He did a really good job. His second hit was a home-run!(if you can call it that). So I think it is funny, so I'll explain it to you. A T-Ball game consists of two teams, and two innings. Each team takes two turns being at bat and in the field. There is no winner, no one keeps score, the game is nothing to brag about, but everything that goes on within the game is HILARIOUS! Of course you have your typical kids chucking the bat after they hit. Then there was the kid (from the other team) who needed help at bat. After about three minutes his coach finally figured out that the problem was that he is a Lefty. Once they got him on the correct side of the base, he hit the ball and did just fine! Too funny. You have the standard, kids throwing a ball at another kid who is looking anywhere but at the ball, a ball getting hit, and every kid on the field thinking it is his job to get the ball, and there was even one little boy who was a runner on first base, and when the next girl hit, instead of running for second, he ran and got the ball, and threw it to his coach. As always, you have the kids that miss a base, some on accident, most because they didn't see it and didn't know where to go. Our Preston hit a good ball on his second hit, and it landed about baseline, then continued to roll into the outfield. When he hit, there was another little boy on first base, and Preston knew that ball wasn't coming in anytime soon, and wanted to get all the way around those bases, even if it meant going around his own teammate to get there. Anyway, Needless to say, I expect it to be a very entertaining year, and WE LOVE T-BALL!