The long awaited first T-Ball game was this morning and it was an absolute blast! Hayden liked it so much more than soccer and he was really good at it. He got to bat three times and every time he scored a home run. When it came time for him to be on the field, he got to play the Pitcher, First base and Second base. He got in front of the ball several times and threw it to first each time. I wasn't sure if I was crazy about our coach since he's late sometimes, but he showed today that he really knows the sport of baseball and Hayden just loves him. As usual, Hayden got the "Oh my god, how old is he? Is he 2?" about 50 times from the other team that was full of rather large 3 and 4 year olds. We are getting used to just saying, "He's 3 and he's really big." They were all loving watching him run the bases with his batting helmet on and as he got to each base he would jump on it and throw is hands up in the air with a big smile. He got his picture taken about 20 times from random ladies. All of the people we played soccer with last season told us today that he has found his sport for sure. His nickname is "Little Babe Ruth" since he and Babe Ruth share the same number, 3. We have next weekend off for Easter but then 7 weeks of games after that, so I'm sure there's so much more fun ahead!
After the game, we took "Little Babe Ruth" to McDonalds for a celebration Happy Meal and he ate the whole thing. He really worked up an appetite. He was also exhausted because he slept all the way up Mt. Lemmon to go play in the snow. Matt and I found a nice little private road to play on and we were the only 3 people there. The snow was a little icy since it's starting to melt now, but we had a blast making a snowman/alien creature and having a snow fight. We also used it as a teachable moment to show him how the snow melts away and creates it's own little streams and that's the water that goes into the washes. He thought it was really cool and we brought some snow back with us in a bottle so we can watch it melt. Notice how he's still wearing his uniform up on the mountain? I tried to get him to change after the game but he insisted that baseball players like snow, so he wore it up there, lol.
Here's the photos of the fun!
