Kennedy's First T-Ball Game

OK, today was great. No, awesome. The pinnacle of my parenting career. Well, maybe not quite, but I was definitely bursting with pride at Kennedy's ball game today. First of all, she looked so adorable in her too-big city league jersey, her new ball-cap pulled down low over her eyes (do you know how hard it is to find a ball cap for a little girl that doesn't clash with the red/blue jersey? Its all princesses and High School Musical out there!), and her shiny new cleats (did you know they make them with pink stripes, how convenient, what with the pink mitt...I know, clashing, but I didn't know what color the jersey was when we bought it about 3 years ago). Second, she was positively shaking with excitement from the minute she jumped out of bed this morning. Third, she was the best player on her team. No, on the field...maybe even in the state...of the 5-year-olds, of course. She played first base, my old place - until I got to HS and height became an issue - for the first 3 innings, and she was pretty much unstoppable. I really was surprised and delighted by how well she did. She loved tagging the base and throwing the ball home. She got three really good hits and loved running the bases. She only had one slight detour towards the pitchers mound on her first time rounding third, but got it right every other time. All of the kids were so cute, the game was very entertaining. Luckily, Dustin was on his own today and was able to sneak over to watch, and Kennedy was so proud. Oh, and her team won! Actually, no one kept score, but I'm sure, if they would have, it would have been victory for blue. Go Kennedy! Here's to a long and illustrious athletic career!

Ready to Play!

A little First Base action...

Up to the plate...

Kennedy with her (second) biggest fan!

The only way to persuade Hudson from the field was with treats...he was not happy to be left out of the game.