Last night was a milestone night: Alex's first practice as a member of The Scrappers T-ball Team. The team is for 4-5 year-olds, but they are letting Alex play at the age of 3. He was SO excited prior to practice.
The field is right around the corner from our house, and thanks to a door in our backdoor neighbor's fence, we have a nice shortcut. Here he is proudly marching to practice.
Upon arrival at the field, the "Shy Alex" kicked in big time. He wanted nothing to do with his coach, teammates or tball. He just wanted his Mommy. About halfway through practice, he DID get up and hit (with Mommy standing REALLY close to him) and then he went to field some balls....sort of. Coici was watching Noah and she got two shots of Alex....those legs you see are mine.
I DID finally get to go sit on the sidelines and leave him on the field (10 feet away). He just sat there to catch and throw....sorta reminds me of the Christmas Pageant from school!!! His default is to sit. The little boy in this picture is Will, age 4, also from Guatemala. We had met them at Holliday Park a couple of weeks ago, and now the boys are on the same team. Small world!!!
I am hoping next week will be better....it's frustrating watching him miss out on all the fun--I know once he gets comfortable, he will love it! Just a note on Noah, who is too young to play: He looked at his brother like he was crazy. Noah was ready to field, catch and hit....he would not have thought twice about going out there. Next year...
The field is right around the corner from our house, and thanks to a door in our backdoor neighbor's fence, we have a nice shortcut. Here he is proudly marching to practice.
Upon arrival at the field, the "Shy Alex" kicked in big time. He wanted nothing to do with his coach, teammates or tball. He just wanted his Mommy. About halfway through practice, he DID get up and hit (with Mommy standing REALLY close to him) and then he went to field some balls....sort of. Coici was watching Noah and she got two shots of Alex....those legs you see are mine.
I DID finally get to go sit on the sidelines and leave him on the field (10 feet away). He just sat there to catch and throw....sorta reminds me of the Christmas Pageant from school!!! His default is to sit. The little boy in this picture is Will, age 4, also from Guatemala. We had met them at Holliday Park a couple of weeks ago, and now the boys are on the same team. Small world!!!
I am hoping next week will be better....it's frustrating watching him miss out on all the fun--I know once he gets comfortable, he will love it! Just a note on Noah, who is too young to play: He looked at his brother like he was crazy. Noah was ready to field, catch and hit....he would not have thought twice about going out there. Next year...
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