And so it begins...

We have officially started a new stage in our family's life....organized sports. We signed Elijah up for T-ball this spring. He has been SO excited...and Beau has been even more excited! Our first practice was last Tuesday. It was a little stressful for Elijah. Quite a few of the other kids had played last year and knew what to do. He was a tad lost and felt like he was being told a hundred different things. When he got in the car at the end of practice he kept asking "Do you think I did good?". Beau worked with him on Wednesday and by Thursday's practice he was already much better and way less stressed. I had to work on Thursday, but we all went on Tuesday...

First they practiced hitting off the tee. Getting a few last minute pointers from one of the coaches...


The coach should have probably told Elijah to wait until he was out of the way...

He looks so little under that giant helmet...

My little Red-Headed Cheerleader (as Elijah calls her)...

Then they practiced catching...

Waiting his turn...

Keep your eye on the ball...

Then it was time to practice hitting from a pitch...

I don't know how he could see anything under that helmet!...

At one point they decided to practice playing a game. 5 on 5. I think the first practice was a little early for this. Especially for the ones who have never played before. This is where the stress came in for Elijah and he wasn't having much fun. His "team" was in the field first. He did great, but when he caught the ball everyone was yelling "throw the ball", but no one had ever told him where to throw the ball. Then his team went to bat. He hit the ball and the coach is yelling "run!" but no one had ever told him where to run. Beau ran to first and yelled for Elijah to run there. Then the next kid hit the ball and the coach yells for Elijah to run. Then the coach immediately yells "catch the ball! catch the ball!". Well the ball had been hit right to Elijah and it was the same coach who had just yelled at him to run so Elijah starts going for the ball. He was so confused. I think the first practice would have gone much better if they would have just gone over the basic rules first and save the practice games for later. However, like I said, Beau worked with him on Wednesday and by Thursday Elijah did so much better and had a lot more fun.

Team huddle...

On Friday when the boys were practicing again Beau called me outside to get a picture of Sadie. She wanted to play baseball with the boys, but made sure to stay true to herself...

This girl makes me laugh every. single. day.

I am richly blessed.