This past week, Jackson began practices for his coach pitch/tee ball. It has taken us over an entire year to convince this child to give team sports a chance. He is sooo athletic & thrives being outdoors running around, hitting a ball, throwing or even kicking a ball, but is so reserved & shy in new situations, that he didn't want to do it. We finally got him to give it a try & i think he is going to have a blast! He looks incredibly cute in his uniform....
He is #9 and on team Marlins.
This is a program through the YMCA so it brought back a lot of memories to hear them call the kids into "assembly" before the practices started. (Randy & I met working at the YMCA in 1999). They started out practicing throwing back & forth with each other (a stark contrast to throwing back & forth with mom & dad who can a) throw the ball and b) catch the ball!) It takes a bit more skill to catch a ball being thrown to you by a fellow 6 year old.
After they threw the ball for a little bit, they lined them up to run the bases. Jackson is third from the back....
Then they got to hit! Jackson hit the ball the first time it was pitched to him. I wasn't expecting that so i missed getting a picture of it! But i did take his picture once he was on first base.... (and daddy filled in as first base coach too!)
And can i take a moment to say that my kid was absolutely the cutest on the team!? Did you expect any less????
Eli sat patiently with me on the sidelines & watched every move of the practice. He can't wait until next year when he is old enough to play pre-k tee ball!
Watching the game with Daddy. This was before Daddy took over as third base coach about halfway through the game. We needed one... badly!
