Its all about that BASE….

March 15, 2015 Leave a Comment

Baseball season is upon us. In about a month, we will be seeing bats swinging and hopefully balls flying! Carson started with t-ball a year or so ago and then transitioned into full out baseball. I was hoping for a learning curve, but obviously people in Texas don’t share my sentiment.

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Carson loves throwing the ball with Chad and Katie loves chasing after the balls that aren’t caught! You can usually catch me on the bleachers screaming like a banshee (you’d think I knew what was going on..But..I have NO clue!)… I do know if you miss hitting a ball..its not a good thing and if they get you out..again..not a good thing. So basically I just yell to the kids to RUN and FOCUS on the ball!! hahahaha. And occasionally, you’ll hear me bribe Carson with pokeman cards if he hits to the ball!!

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But no really…I just want Carson to learn about teamwork and the camaraderie that comes along with it. I’m not sure if he gets it quite yet..But Chad and I surely enjoy the camaraderie from the parents!
I get excited when it’s my turn for snacks..yeah, lol..that shouldn’t surprise you! The bags of chips and bottles of water are always nice..but I’m always skimming pinterest for stuff that I think the kids would like. Last time, I made up bags for them filled with string cheese that I had drawn on the outer packaging to look like baseball bats, I baked sugar cookies and decorated them like baseballs and of course..I also had to throw in a pokeman card and a lollipop in there for good measure! lol. I’m not quite sure exactly what I will do for this coming up season..But my pinterest boards are filling up fast!
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Batter up!!

September 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

This past spring Carson played T-ball and really seemed to enjoy the sport. This fall, he is playing fall ball. Which means, baseball…not T ball. Growing up with 3 sisters I am still getting used to the boy sports lingo! lol. So, with T ball they get to use a little stand to hit the ball if they need it. With baseball there is no T. When he was playing T ball I kept thinking to myself how little he was and how cute it was that he had to use the T. But now with baseball, its like my little boy is growing up so fast…he doesn’t need the T to hit the ball and he’s even running more than one base at a time! *sigh*

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I love going to watch his games. Yelling for his team, cheering for Carson, and occasionally reminding him to focus on the ball and not the grass!! Yes..I am THAT mother. lol. I get those looks like I’m crazy..but I laugh it off because its about having fun after all!! I laugh when I see Carson doing the water sprinkler dance move while he’s on second base, or when he does his little chicken dance. I have no idea where he gets his dance moves from! Probably from his Uncle Johnny who is a “smooth operator”. lol.

My parents finally got a chance to watch Carson play ball. The pressure was on, but it didn’t phase him at all- in fact I think he likes the attention. He got a base hit and had a few runs. We won’t talk about the last few innings though. lol. His attention was lacking. Luckily, the team he was playing this past Saturday wasn’t as good as the past teams he has been playing! I swear, those other kids that he has played against seemed like professionals!! I kept asking myself..are these kids really six years old? I mean, almost every one of them could hit the ball, catch the ball and they were even sliding into bases!!  I’m just happy when Carson hits the ball and gets to run!!!

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And then, we have Katie..who is Carson’s number one fan and cheerleader!! She has gone to all his practices and games (although she had no choice). But she enjoys it. I was going through her papers that she did at school. And found this paper which totally made me smile!!

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