Baseball is back, Opening Day 2013

 
 We had Opening day! This is our 2nd full season playing at ELB. It's Hea Bug's first season and she's playing on the Rookie Rangers. Mr. B is as assistant coach for both of their teams and I am NOT a team mom for either team. This season, I will bring my chair and my cheering voice and I will be supporting my players (and the coach... love that guy).

We chose to ride our bikes to avoid the hassle of parking. Good choice. After we rode over to the town center for a stop at the bike store, the book store and lunch at Islands. Then a nice ride along the riverbed to take us home.

JT. Pinto Cubs

The Ranger Girls.

The night before the regular season, JT had a practice game. They played 7 innings for 2.5 hours! That's a long time after having been at school all day. Plus it got super cold at the field. Now that HeaBug is old enough to run around with her homegirls, it makes it easier to sit and watch. He hit a grand slam ladies and gents. Yes he did. Then he pitched. He caught. He played short and 2nd. What I love the most is that these kids get to move around and really experience baseball. This is where they get to fall in love with the game. It's not always about winning, especially at this age. Yes it's exciting but truly who cares about being undefeated or all stars when you're 8 years old. What we want for JT is to just get out there and play.
We are a baseball loving family for sure.

HeaBug is excited to play because it's baseball and we love it. Her first sport is gymnastics but we want her to try out playing everything! Baseball seemed like a great place to start. When HeaBug was 5 days old, I carried her in the sling to watch brother at his first t-ball practice. 

She's always spent Spring at the field. 

We sure are proud of our kids. We love that they love to be active and play sports. We love cheering for them and coaching them and supporting them. I have countless baseball shirts from different teams. Mr. B and JT have more hats than any other person I know. HeaBug has quite the collection of team hair bows. Playing team sports will help them to learn so many important life skills. Physical exercise, it's key to be active and they will grow up healthy and strong. Building their self esteem, learning to handle disappointment, being empathetic to others, commitment, good sportsmanship and fostering friendships with kids on your own team and other teams. Being able to play nicely and be graceful in victory and defeat. Those are the things that we want for them. They are well on their way.

Love
Mrs B