Bad to the Bone

This morning was a little on the cool side, so I dressed the boys in the only matching outfit I've ever bought for them. I thought they looked pretty cute. After I took this picture, Tyler was looking at the picture on the camera and said, "Mom, we look cool!" I said, "Yeah, you guys look pretty bad." Then Tyler replied, "Yeah, we look bad to the bone!" Where does he come up with this stuff???

T-Ball Part 1

A few of Tyler's little buddies were playing T-ball this summer through the YMCA, so I decided that it would be a fun way to spend our Tuesday evenings - laughing at our kids with some of a best friends. The "season" started in June with a few weeks of practices and then a few games. I was amazed at how much Tyler improved the first week alone! This first practice started out like this:

By the end of the practice, Tyler would participate, but only if James was holding his hand.

During the first practice, Tyler would not go get the ball. So all week long, James "coached" him on how to get the ball, telling him over and over that he had to be the one to catch the ball. So of course, the following week, as all the kids were making a mad rush for the ball, Tyler was trying so hard to do just what his dad had told him to do. This caused a few little fights over the ball, and we had to adjust the brain-washing James had done earlier. By the following practice, he was pretty good at staying in his spot and only going after the balls that came his way.

Tyler has loved playing T-ball and we have had fun watching him. It is rather obvious that he is the youngest on the team and the only one (I think) that hasn't played team sports before. But he is learning that sports are fun and that's the experience I wanted him to have.

T-Ball Part 2

This was the game this past Tuesday. Tyler acted decently when they were playing in field. However, our boy provided a lot of entertainment for all the parents when his team was outfield. These pictures say it all. About halfway through the game, James started telling me that we should just take him home. The worst (and most comical) part was when he decided to lie down between 1st and 2nd base and, of course, a kid on the other team tripped over him as he was trying his best to get to 2nd.

As amused (and annoyed) as we both were getting with him, I decided it was all worth it when both of his coaches (independently) told us after the game that Tyler kept saying, "I love this game. Do you love this game? I love this game." over and over as they were man-handling him back into position. Luckily, score is not kept and so Tyler wasn't really hurting anyone and none of the kids were upset with him (except after being tackled) for not playing the game right. Next week is Tyler's last game and all in all, I'd say that this has been a fun experience for both him and us.