End of Little League Season of 2007

The kids have learned alot from there 2nd season as players in a new sport. Practice..practice and more practice gets you more playing time as you improve. Unless the coaches want their kids to play more. I didn't realize there would more drama with baseball(boys) than softball(girls). But that is something one has to deal with at all times in sports or any activities. But I am sure glad we don't have to deal with coming home after 9:30 p.m. with homework still due and everyone still needing to be fed. There was alot of take-out food this season.

Shandiin(pitcher & 1-3baseman) got really close to the team after a couple of weeks of being shy. She likes to lay-back and view the action before she dives right in. This was especially tough, since alot of the girl already knew each other from school since they all go to the same one. But, there were a couple that commuted to another town for more challenging schools. She got more confident in her surroundings as the season went along.

Nakai(2nd basemand & outfielder) went through a transition period being a batter this year. Last year all pitches were from the pitching machine and this year a live pitcher. He was confident in the beginning, but after being hit a couple of times with a fast ball he got a little shakey at the base. So to help with this his sister pitched to him until he got use to person pitching and not a machine. But, he love the game. Maybe-this was due to the snacks after each game. Something to look forward to. Another thing that he look forward to was catching a pop-up or getting an opponent out. And boy did he love getting dirty.

Well to end the season, we took the kids to Slide Rock to start summer. Though I don't know why-they complained about the water being too cold. Nah! after they played for a while they were fine. I think we will do this again when the temperature reached triple digits. But, that was such a scenic drive.