It's ball season again.......fill up my flask, please

Baseball is going good for the boys this year, so far. Austin is having a blast for playing for this high school team. He 's playing so well at short stop and his team really looks up to him.As I watch him this year I realized that while I am immensly proud of the baseball skills that he has worked so hard on......what has really impressed me this year is this kids character. It does a mom's heart good to see her son, as one of the stand-outs on a team go out of his way to truly encourage the younger kids whose abilities aren't there yet. (Sigh)....Now THAT'S good stuf.

Jack is playing 1st base and pitching. He's really found his bat this year and he's sending them to the fence.

But He's pitching.

And that's why I need a flask of strong drink.

Don't get me wrong. He's doing a great job. And he loves it.

But I am a nervous wreck.

I want to stand and run away. I want to shake someone(just anyone) by the shoulders really hard. I want to stand and shriek, "THAT"S MY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

But not Jack. He's cool as can be. And to show his ultimate coolness, every so often he reaches up adjusts his cap and then turns and spits on the mound. (A lot of the boys at this age adjust their CUP on the mound after each pitch instead of their CAP and I can tell you that the latter is much cooler).

Have I ever told you that we have an umpire for Jack's age group that only has one eye? Yep, it's true. We have a one eyed umpire. (Could I MAKE this stuff up?)


And no, he's not very good. at all.

One time there was this adorable little boy on the mound pitching. The handsome little guy went through his wind up and let the ball fly. The one eyed ump called the pitch a ball.

It was at this precise moment that everyone heard the little boy's well dressed, and usually poised mother yell from the stands, "C'MON UMP!! TRY WATCH'N IT WITH YOUR *GOOD* EYE!!!!" .................. and then she sat down, saying "that was a strike"......but in a much smaller voice now.

Honestly, what kind of mother would yell such a thing????? (*blush*)

( But in my own defense it WAS a strike)

So.......I'm dustin' off the ole flask and fillin' her up.

Let's PLAY BALL!!!

Cheers!

Melissa

P.S. Huge HUGE thanks to my sister Thomasina for taking the awesome photos. I can hardly wait to show y'all the one's she just did of Savannah!!