Today was our first baseball game - - T Ball to be exact. I knew it would be funny, but never did I dream that tears would be rolling down my face.

It rained on us. Which made the fields just muddy enough that all the kids got a bit dirty - but no standing puddles, no one getting soaked. Nick informed the little girl next to him that they didn't need umbrellas, cuz they had hats.

Coach Dennis is pheee-nominal with these itty-bitty ones. I never knew how you would teach the basics - - but he did it. They kids worked on picking up grounders and throwing and hitting.... but, ooops - - forgot to teach them to run the bases. A kid standing on 1st base would run out into right field cuz he was being chased by the kid who just hit the ball. One just kept running back and forth between 2nd and 3rd base. Next practice: base running! I think we may have to devote one whole practice to running the bases while keeping the batting helmet from falling down over your eyes.

In the car, Nick told me he "Really, really, really, really, really (etc. etc.) likes baseball. His favorite part? Point, step, throw... (thank goodness - he needs the practice).