baseball, baptism, and babes

The past couple of weeks have been full of activities for the kids. First, we had Drew baptized on Mother's Day. He didn't complain at all, but did try to wiggle free. As pastor Bob said 'May the Lord use Drew's strength and activeness towards His end". Ellie also sang in the kids choir that morning.

The next weekend saw the end of both Tyler's and Ellie's soccer seasons. Ty had a late morning game, followed by a lunch pizza party at a local park. Ellie had a late afternoon game, followed by pizza party dinner. I think we have had our fill of pizza for a little bit. Dave had a great time helping coach both teams, but we are glad to be down to just one sport - Baseball.

Ty has adjusted quickly to machine pitch baseball. He has gotten a hit at every at bat so far. And Ellie has lots of playmates at the games. What a bunch of divas.

Boys of Summer

Last weekend, Tyler had two soccer games and a baseball game 0 Phew! He did well, scoring a goal in one soccer game (see first photo) and getting a couple of hits in the baseball game.

Guess who was 'volunteered' to coach Ty's baseball team? Turns out the league had enough players, but no coach. So I volunteered. Of course I end up missing the first game and team pictures due to work. Fortunately for me, I have lots of help from all the other Dad's - everyone 'pitches' in.

Unfortunately for Melissa, she is stuck being the Team Mom, which means she handles all the emails, coordinating practices and did I mention all the emails? I think I got off easy.

For kindergarten and first grade, games are coach pitch, with each kid getting 5 pitches to swing at. Like every sport he has tried so far, Ty really likes it. He has a good arm, and is getting very good at hitting. More than once I have had to jump out of the way of a line drive or risk ending up on episode of America's funniest home videos.