Well it happened. Mason got his ortho appliances. He has the two brackets on the front teeth attached to an arch expander along with the lower lip bumper. I knew he was excited leading up to the day, but I didn't know how he would feel after he saw it all.
He was thrilled. Couldn't wait to get to school to show his friends (and take his tests). Poor kid has missed a couple of hours of school here and there and HATES it. He is so worried he won't have time to make up his stuff! After this appointment though, he won't be missing much more school!
His friends were all pretty excited for him. Ive already talked to two Moms that said their kids are begging for braces now. This dance is getting old.....
The eating is going to be tricky for a while.
We celebrated with Smallcakes after dinner Friday night.
Saturday was a cold, cold, rainy day. All games/practices were cancelled.
We went to dinner Saturday night for Melissa's birthday. Brody has been begging for a spike like his best friend Drew. He had me send his Mom a picture of him....
Mr. Ben put trick candles on the cake.
Mason and Brody thought it was the funniest thing in the world.
Saturday night, John had talked to a guy he grew up playing baseball with. We have run into him several times recently. We have kids the same age and his son plays for Batters Box. We had talked about trying out for a competitive team but went with rec baseball for another year. Well they were short a player for the tournament in Oxford Sunday, and we decided to let Mason play.
They played at 10 am (in the COLD) and if won, would keep playing.
Mason was a champ about the whole thing. He didn't know a soul. Didn't know how they did things, but never acted like he didn't want to be there. Those kids were so nice to him.
He had never seen their coach pitch until he was up at bat and man, did he throw it from far back and with so much heat. None of the other teams were doing that out there, all the others were throwing like Mason was used to. BUT he finally got the timing right and got a hit and 2 RBIs. It was a close game, so they really helped.
Again, he didn't seem nervous. But if you were watching Mom and Dad, you would have seen them pacing. We put him in a tough spot, but he did so well. We were so proud of him. He played well, but what a trooper. Going out there and not knowing a soul. Never nervous or worried, just played the game. They ended up losing the second game, so he only had to play two games.
We got back from Oxford and went to Dave and Jenna's for a Crawfish/Masters party.
This cute girl loved her some crawfish.
This is how I felt too, Buddy.
It was a loooooong day.
Monday night was Mason's baseball game.
Nothing like walking to the field and seeing the hot air balloon over the fields.
Mason has been hitting so well this season.
Tuesday night was Brody's very first t-ball game. He is a Cub with his friend from school. Two of his other best friends are on the Indians and they were all playing each other. They talked about it all day and couldn't wait.
He was so excited we were all going to get to watch him play baseball.
He did really well. We had talked to him about holding his position unless the ball came to him, etc. But this league was a little different than what we were used to. All the kids hit in the lineup each inning and can only run one base at a time. No-one gets out, etc. Not much action going on!
But pure excitement when his friends were running the bases!
Little Dude up to bat. He hit a couple of BroBro Smashes into the outfield.
He had so much fun and can't wait until next week.
Successful first tball game!
We ran one errand yesterday while John and Mason were at practice.
Brody was zonked out. Long, fun week!
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