Play Ball!

After two cancelled games, Aiden finally had his first baseball game tonight!  All the parents were anxious and excited.  Most of the kids have never played before and this would be their first game so we knew it would be interesting.  We also knew that we were playing a good team.  Our team got to hit first and our first player got a great hit and got on first- it was a great way to start the game!  Aiden got up to bat and missed the coaches pitches, but he got a hit off the tee.  We had practiced a hundred times what to do after he hit the ball. (drop the bat, run to first), but Aiden hit the ball and slowly jogged right in the middle of the field; the other team got him out at first.  Another one of our players, Cole, got caught in between second and third and had numerous coaches telling him to "run" and "go back" because the other team had the ball.  Poor Cole just looked up and was so confused and he cried right there on the field.  We played a good game, but we lost 10-11.  It got cold as the sun went down and I was juggling keeping the baby warm, watching Ty on the playground, and of course taking pictures of my little ball player.  The boys had a post game huddle with their coach for some words of encouragement and Nathan said, "We didn't win?".  We are looking forward to a great season!