gotta start somewhere

tonight was alex's first tball game ...
EVER!

seeing as though he woke up this afternoon
not wanting to be on a baseball team -
i set my expectations low.

BUT ...
considering this is mostly 3 and 4 year olds ...
it'd be silly to set them any different.

alex started out the game batting.
THANKFULLY
because that's the one thing he does without question ;)



he got to first, and proceeded to go to second, third, and then home.
the fact that he didn't run straight to third
made me realize that MAYBE
JUST maybe
all those hours at his brothers' games did SOMETHING.

BUT THEN ...
his team took the field.

alex was assigned to be catcher
and he wanted NOTHING to do with it.
he said the helmet 'squished his head'.

now ...
to know alex is to know he isn't easily convinced to do ANYTHING.
his coach obviously doesn't REALLY know alex yet
THEREFORE alex was the very first catcher ;)

FINALLY ...
he agreed to go out if ben could go with him.
thankfully our 2nd is MUCH more agreeable than our 3rd

ben showed alex what to do -
and i thought all was going well -
UNTIL
alex just decided he didn't want to be catcher anymore.

THEN ...
just as quickly he decided to go back and try it again.

well ...
kind of ;)

oh well.

thankfully the inning ended fairly quickly ...
and the rest of the game went well.

well ...
kind of ;)
if you don't count the ball,
and three infielders,
that ran right past alex as he played outfield.

pretty sure alex and ella won't be playing outfield next to each other again ;)

BUT ...
we made it through the game
noone got hurt
AND
i think they even had a little fun.
i know they were fun to watch ;)

ya gotta start somewhere -
so LET'S GO, METS GO!

now ...
we just need to have a little chat with God.
wearing a down vest and STILL freezing
at a t-ball game in may
is just absolutely unacceptable.