Take me out to the ballgame

Micah's up to bat!

laying down on the job

This week was Micah's first t-ball game. We all decided to go to support him. Dan is the assistant coach, and I think he ended up needing more support by the end of it than Micah did. Running around after 5- & 6-year-olds is not an easy task. Especially when they are asking questions like "Which hand do I wear my glove on?" and stooping down to dig in the dirt when the ball is sailing past them! It is part sport and part comedy, watching these little players :-) His team name is the Blue Sea Monkeys so we all wore blue. The parents were very lively, shouting encouragement form the stands. One of us was wiping up chocolate pudding and bananas that her toddler had wiped on her. I'm not going to say who that was ;-) Micah's level only plays 4 games in the fall season, so we wanted to at least make it to the first one. I won't say how they did, but the coaches made a unanimous decision that the team would add a practice session on Thursdays for the next two weeks of the season :-) I asked Micah if he enjoyed himself, and he said he did, although he "got out a couple of times." That's what really matters anyway. His best friend Tyler is also on the team, so I'm pretty sure he'd still have a good time if they never won a game at all.

We're having a busy semester, but we still have time for relaxing, even if only on the weekends. Micah and Jacob like snuggling together under the blanket on the couch while watching morning cartoons in their PJs. This past weekend, Micah and I went to the OBU children's show, "A Year With Frog and Toad". Micah loved it, especially the part where they handed cookies down every aisle. Dan did costumes for this show so he was glad that everything went off well. It's always a challenge to come up with ideas for dressing a frog, a toad, a snail, a turtle, a lizard, and 2 squirrels! Maybe next year Jacob will be able to sit through a whole show.