Today was Liam's first baseball game of the season. This year he moved up from T-ball to C League, which pretty much means more of everything: more practice, more innings in the game, more games in the season. He is really loving it so far (even if I am not loving that later games and practices mean I have to keep the little boys up way past their bedtime!) and seems to be doing well. In this game, his team lost, but Liam got his first hit and first RBI of the season. As you can see above, Liam plays "pitcher," which is really just a fielding position since they use a pitching machine.
One thing that's kind of stinky: This game was the only one all season to be played on a weekend day. The rest of the season will be played on weeknights, which sucks for Mike, who is at work in the evenings and won't get to see many games at all. He has arranged to take at least one night off to see a game when his parents come to town to cheer Liam on, but that's pretty much it.
Anyway, back to the game: Max and Henry were pretty good spectators, mostly because I brought a truck and a bucket and shovel for Henry so he could dig in the dirt, and Max discovered that C League has a hidden benefit: a concession stand. Amazing how long a bag of popcorn can keep a kid entertained. It helped that Bethany and Klaudia came too, giving Liam a cheering section six strong. His next game is Wednesday, and I'm pretty sure we won't have any extra spectators, so it will be interesting to see if Max and Henry behaving was just a fluke or a sign of a fun and more relaxed (for me, anyway!) season to come.
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