The After-Party

I think that major league baseball should have “snack time” at the end of the game. Maybe they have something similar, but I’m not sure. They need to lighten up a bit. Could you see someone wheeling a cooler into the dugout of a major league club and handing out juice boxes and little fruit snacks or something? I think that would be awesome!

But, I digress. We were warned when we went to the initial signups that snack time is the very most important time of the entire game for the kids. I can say, after our first game, that this is an undeniable fact, as certain as the heat on a summer day in Arizona.

Bringing it Home

We’re down to the bottom of the second. It’s our last shot to win this. The kiddos come in from the field, this time lining up the opposite order from last inning. They’re losing interest fast. We’ve got to keep them focused.

There was definitely a bit less excitement during this at-bat. They’d already been through all this before. It wasn’t new any more. Still, it was a nice day and we were almost there. Just about done. Let’s just try to stay on course for just a little longer.

Second Inning

  Everyone got a chance to bat and run the bases. That puts the Bears back in the field. We’ve switched some things up, this time. Nate is positioned over at short stop (just like his mom) and Kyle is in right field.

Eventually, the first basemen (or, first basegirl) is pulled off the bag (I think a potty break was in order) and Kyle is moved in to cover for her. It started off pretty well, though by the end of the top of the second, Kyle was losing interest fast. Most of the kids were, I think.

Batter Up!

It’s “Go” time! Get those bats swinging. Knock it out of the park (yeah, right)! It’s time to show the competition what we’re made of. We’re going to keep up the pressure and push them back on their heels.

Oh, wait. This t-ball. Oops. We’re not supposed to be quite competitive at this point. They’re just toddlers, for goodness sakes! They’re out there to just have fun, hit, throw, run, catch (OK, that last one is a little bit of a stretch most of the time).

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The Bench

   We’ve made it to the bottom of the first inning and the kids are lining up on the bench awaiting their turn to step up to the plate. Unfortunately, the hats have not come in yet, so they’re all wearing different types of hats instead of the ones that go with the uniforms.

Still, it’s abundantly cute. Just seeing all these three and four year olds lined up on the bench was just too much. They all look so good in their uniforms. They got lined up in order of their jersey numbers to determine batting order.

Game On!

Warm ups are done and it’s time to take the field. We’ve got Kyle on the pitcher’s mound and Nate in shallow right-field. No worries about strike-outs since there’s not actual “pitching” involved.

Nice thing about playing the “pitcher” though…Most of the hits are going to come to you, so there’s less chance of boredom. Kyle did pretty good rushing the ball and even got a good grounder right into his glove and threw it over to first, where Nate was dutifully backing up the first basemen (who typically was not paying attention as the ball was thrown his way).

The First Game

Kyle had his very first t-ball game last weekend. As  you could well imagine, there were a number of pictures taken. So, in the interest of keeping things somewhat manageable, I’ll be posting just a few at a time rather than having a huge post with tons of pictures.

On the one hand, many people will likely feel like it’s taking too long to get to it. However, just think of how much more you get out of things when your anticipation builds. There is, of course, the other side of that coin…which is getting your hopes up for something much better than what you get. But, with pictures of three-year-olds playing t-ball, is there any way for that to turn out badly?