Go Astros!!

...t-ball Astros that is.

Jayden's t-ball team has been practicing for about 3 weeks now. This past Wednesday they had their first scrimmage against the Pirates. That was their first time to practice on the field due to rain outs on the other practice days. Jayden got to play short stop and got to bat twice. I don't think any balls came his way, but he was ready every time anyway and he hit really well, scoring both times. Jayden is definitely the best thrower on his team and is the second best catcher. His coach always uses him for examples because he's always there listening and already knows how to throw with proper form (thanks to Jeff and G'pa Mike) so he's the perfect modeler.

This is the first season that our coach has coached a team, but the team we scrimmaged against looked like seasoned professionals. I heard one of the moms saying that the coach has 8 kids and his two oldest were out there helping him coach. They both had HS letter jackets on, and I'm sure this dad had been through the t-ball thing a time or two and coached a time or two. Our coach must have taken a few pointers from that team because he made some moves for some of the positions. Jayden and another boy named Victor traded out being pitcher and first base, because that's where all the action happens. The pitcher's job is to stand at the front of the pitching circle and wait for the ball to be hit to them. Then they get it and chase down the runner to tag them out. Since Jayden's so fast, he's perfect for this. If the ball is to the third base side, he gets it and throws it to Victor at first base and get them out that way.

They're all cute when they're playing. There's one little girl on the team and all the helmets are wayyyy too big for her, so she holds on to the front face part so it won't falls backwards on her head! All her stuff has pink on it, and it's sooo adorable.

The only piece of our uniform we're missing is the hat and those will be ready on Monday. We have a "real" scrimmage on Wednesday. We have pictures on Thursday. We have Opening Day on Saturday with our first game that afternoon. We're so excited to get the season underway!!