Softball Season

Let me start off by saying that for those that don't know, Rich baby #5 is a GIRL!! We are so excited and can't wait to hold our little girl. Her name will be Blake Mychal. Secondly, I know in my last post I mentioned writing a blog on just Caroline my oldest. I can't seem to have the time to do it and I wonder about security for my child. So I am postponing any blogs about individual kids until I think about it much further.

Now on to the topic of the day. Softball season in our house has begun. Neither of my girls were too excited that Mommy forced them to play this year. I felt they needed something besides school to keep them busy and help them make friends. Well needless to say we are very busy.

Kylie is playing t-ball. She is (if you don't already know) our girlie girl. But she seems to be handling it pretty well. She enjoys her practices and games. She daydreams ALOT and we have to remind her to run or watch the ball continuously. Most of the other little girls are about the same in skill level, so Kylie doesn't stand out as a good or bad player. Even though she whined when I told her she was going to play, now she asks when her games are and gets excited.

Caroline is our athlete, so I thought when I mentioned softball she would be so excited. I was completely wrong, all she cared about at the time was soccer. Caroline is playing 7/8 yr old girl coach pitch. She took to catching and throwing naturally. Her batting needed a little work but Caroline has the knack of being taught something only once and remembering it always. It took us one afternoon to get her to understand when she batted to swing not just with her arms but with her hips too. She has played about 4 or 5 games and has fallen in love with the sport. She is begining to get all of the rules. She is an above average player for a first year. (if I do say so myself) She usually plays 1st base, 3rd base, and occasionally left field. She was so excited the other night, she tagged a runner that had stepped off of first and got an out.

Now I know you have to go be thinking what about the other two Rich kids. Well the boys are being toted to the field frequently. They do pretty well. Where Caroline plays there is a little playground with slide and monkey bars and that keeps Thatcher pretty entertained. Ayden usually naps or snacks and watches the game.

As far as Jeremy and I, we are usually exhausted at the end of softball days. If the girls games overlap then we each grab a girl and a boy go to a game. One afternoon, Jeremy was late getting home from work so I had all 4 at the park by myself. That was a very unique afternoon. I had two on the playground, one playing softball on the field, and a fourth demanding my attention.(all of this being 6 month preggo.)

But to be honest, with as exhausting as it is, we love every minute of it. We love forward to practices and game days. The smiles on our girls faces when they get an out or hit the ball, is priceless.