A Day With Daddy

With Patrick's new summer schedule, he has the opportunity to spend Fridays with our little ones. Although work calls him in regularly on those Fridays off or something needs to be completed around the house or errands need to be done around town or...whatever it may be. Not this day though, all those other "needs" were set aside. It was a beautiful Friday and he spent it with our children exploring. Between the streams, the Valdez graveyard, mini-waterfalls, and the old Chinese graveyard, they had an adventure. Time with their daddy is always fun because he has the heart for exploration and exciting quests outdoors. That Friday with their daddy was just for them, there was no pressure of having to be somewhere else nor did Patrick have a desire to spend his productivity in any other way...he spent the day with our children and they loved it.

T-Ball Season

Playing in the dirt, talking to the runner on the other team instead of paying attention to the ball coming your way, long pauses and perfect positioning of the body before every throw, jumping in excitement on the bases, battling with your teammate over the rolling ball, and getting hit with the ball while running (because the other team thought that throwing the ball at the running player is what the coach meant when she said, "tag him") is all part of the game in T-Ball.

This is Draven's first season at playing T-ball but he seems to really enjoy it, even when the other player threw the ball at him to "tag" him. At first it was really hard to watch these four to six year-olds be totally confused as to why they can't play with the other team member while on the base, which way they need to run, when to run, where to throw the ball, why they have to throw the ball, and having to swing the bat vs. "chopping wood" to hit the ball. However, I was reminded that it is a fun time for the children, whether or not they are doing it the right way, and the parents get a good laugh out of it. It is also funny to watch Elora interact as the social bug with younger siblings of the T-ball players and Draven's support ("Good hit Draven" or "DRAVEN! Get the ball!"). Next year she will be able to play too, yet I am unsure if I want to deal with the drama of competetive siblings on the same team!