Sports

Chance has just started baseball back up again, and this is Hannah's first year of T-ball! Since Chance is obsessed with basketball, the only time he really plays baseball is when the season rolls around. Shawn took him in the backyard to practice hitting and to play catch a little bit during the first week of the season. Chance was getting a little frustrated because he kept hitting the ball to first base and then he would get out. I kept telling him, hello? You never practice, what do you expect? But after that teeny, tiny bit of practice, last game, he hit every ball toward the short stop and he was thrilled! During his second game, he caught a line drive and threw it to first base for a double play! After that play, the look on his face was priceless, and he kept looking over to me and Shawn for the thumbs-up sign. I have to brag - he really is a good little athlete! I love watching his games.

Chance's team is the Atlanta Braves

T-Ball is co-ed for kindergarteners. Hannah showed up for her first T-ball game and she was the only girl on the team! I thought she would be nervous, especially as the only girl, but two of the boys on her team were in her kindergarten class so she felt comfortable. Since that first game, there have been two other girls who have come. One of the little girls on her team is a diehard ball player, who brings her own pink batting helmet. Then there's Hannah, who wears her pink and purple mitt on the wrong hand while in the outfield, and chats with everyone who runs to her base. She had a little bit of nervousness, and when she would run from base to base she would say "ow, ow, ow". We couldn't figure out what she was doing, but it was just a nervous reaction because everyone was watching her! Hannah loves every second of it, and that's all that matters! I can't believe how different it is for me to watch Hannah play rather than Chance. With Hannah, I just laugh at how she doesn't care about where the ball is. When Chance was that age, I was so afraid that he was going to miss the ball and be made fun of by his teammates! I don't know if it's a girl/boy thing or a first child/second child thing, but it sure has been fun to watch them both progress. And I have relaxed in the meantime.

Hannah's team is the Texas Rangers