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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

First Baseball Tournament of the Season

  

It was Teacher Appreciation Week last week.  We found a local popcorn shop (and gift cards) to give to our teachers.....and we may have gotten some for ourselves.  It was way too good. 



We also had another fundraiser night at Son-Dash.  Brody insisted we go after dinner so he could meet up with his friends.  And he was right, most of them were there.  
Mason was okay with going too...

They also had "movie star" day.  It is a bit difficult for boys, but Mrs. Roy told me to just put him in a jersey which he thought was a great idea.  He added a mohawk with it.

Mason's class during music.


Got our report cards Friday.  Mason got straight As again.  Brody for all Ms for mastered. 


And during their awards assembly, Brody received the Kindness Award for Kindergarten, and Mason still has perfect attendance.  They each got a coupon for 2 free donuts so hello Saturday breakfast. . 


Brody loves watching basketball but it was getting too intense for him...

We had a gorgeous weekend. 


We had to get Mason new tennis shoes and he is now a size 5 which is a 7 in women's.  I wear a 7.5 but could wear his if needed....its crazy to me.  He is growing up too quickly. 


Sunday was our first baseball tournament of the season.  Since he made this competitive team, it's all tournaments on the weekends.  We played in a one day Sunday tournament in Crowley which is about 40 minutes away.  We had to be there at 7:15, so it was dark out when he left!!!!


And it was COLD when we got there.  Brody hid under his blanket for the entire first game. 


To be completely honest, we didn't know how much Mason would get to play.  It is a 10u team and he should be playing in 9u.  He has only one kid pitch fall season under his belt and it was with rec (and only 4 games bc of weather).  This is a completely different game.  It is clear he is lacking the baseball IQ but that comes with repetition and he just needs to practice and play, which is why he tried out.   He has never stolen bases or lead off....any of that.  But he got tons of playing time and held his own.  We were very proud.  

Brody and I found some tricks.  The bathrooms were warmer because there was no wind blowing on you (wind is so bad here!), and they had warm water!  We thawed out a few times in the morning. 

And found some hot chocolate. 


Unfortunately, we lost the first two games.  We had a couple of hours to grab lunch before the next game.  He got a double and walked a couple of times in the morning games. 


Mason went out to practice with John before the next game and Brody and I stayed in the car.  
I could've taken a nap!


Brody was his biggest supporter all day.  Wore his extra hat, watched all all of the last three games, kept score for all of us parents, and ate plenty of sunflower seeds. 

We then started to sweat and got sunburned for the next games.....


Mason up to bat. 


He got the game ending run and was pretty excited. 


This was about the time it turned cold again.  Thats when you know you've been out there too long.  Go from freezing, to hot, to cold again.  They ended up having to do 2 extra innings in the fourth game and lost.  It was crazy intense.  Im not sure I'm cut out for all this!  If they would have kept winning, they would have had to play 2 more games.....we didn't get in our car until 6:30 that night to head home too.  This is going to be a big adjustment for all of us.  But it was really fun to watch him and his team play. 


We all woke up groggy Monday morning, but that didn't stop 
Brody from finding socks for crazy sock day. 


I spent the day catching up on life and getting these stains out of these baseball pants.  
Man, it is tough!




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