t-ball

After the last few weeks of a less-than-stellar attitude from Owen at t-ball, tonight was a hit (pun intended).    His “team” was the first one up to bat and I was thrilled that he actually took the bat and hit it! He did a great job running around and touching all the bases. Miles was super excited to see his brother play t-ball. :)Then, after a longtime of fielding the balls, each kid got 5 hits with Ms. Lexi.  They’d never done this before so he was excited to do it.I packed a picnic for dinner so we ate and played on the little playground before heading home.  Everyone needed baths after the awful humidity of tonight!  Proud of him for trying tonight!

t-ball!

Tonight was Owen's first venture into the world of organized sports - t-ball!  Athleticism is not something that really runs in the Hoerr family, so I had set the bar pretty low. :)  We’re just doing it through the Savoy Rec Center, so I didn’t anticipate as big of a crowd as there was.  There were about 40ish kids in all.  Despite the large number and the fact that many had no idea what was going on, Lexi and her helpers did a nice job keeping the chaos pretty organized.  They started by running around the bases together. Then they did a little throwing practice:
Then, every child got a turn to bat.  Out of all the kids, one decided he didn’t want to even try to step up to bat.  Want to guess which child that was? :)  Oh well maybe next week!  And maybe next week I'll be a more prepared t-ball mom and bring a blanket or something to sit on.