Baseball Season 2012-Reds

During the springtime, sports start for our boys and games, practices, and batting cages 3-4 times a week on top of our regular daily schedule makes it really crazy in our household. 

This was our after-school weekly schedule from the beginning of March through the end of May:
Monday--Homework, instrument practicing, FHE
Tuesday--Dance, Homework, instrument practicing, Activity Days (every other week), Baseball game
Wednesday--Homework, guitar lessons, instrument practicing, YM/Scouts, batting cages
Thursday--Homework, instrument practicing, Hollywood Kids, Cub Scouts, Soccer Practice, Baseball Game
Friday--Piano lessons, occasional campouts/activities for Scouts, friend fun (late nights, parties)
Saturday--Soccer game, Baseball game, Birthday parties (almost every week), any extra activities

Needless to say, we were pretty busy since we also tried to fit in playdates here and there along with social events such as baby showers, birthday dinners, RS meetings, and work and church responsibilities.  There was a lot of changing of clothes in the car, doing homework on the go, grabbing food on the run for picnics at practices, extra washing of uniforms, loading gear in and out of the car, running back and forth all over town with 30 minute increments to the next destination, meeting halfway to swap children and cars for the next stop, and filling everyone's water bottles (Carlee was an excellent watergirl!).  Next year, Jake wants to try out for a more competitive soccer team so I think that Joe may have to quit his job so that he can help me taxi kids around!

Clark played baseball again this spring was on the Major League Reds Team.  He did a wonderful job and is getting better every year.  His coaches were great and he learned a lot and got some great tips on technique and how to better play the game.  Their team landed right in the middle of the pack as far as wins and losses but ended up taking 3rd place in the tournament.  We were excited that they did so well at the end but I have to admit that I was a bit relieved when they lost that last game.  It was a double elimination tournament and Clark had been playing every night without complaining.  But I was not looking forward to 2 more weeks of games in the Tournament of Champions if they had gone all the way!  We were all getting a little burned out.  And winding down to the end of the school year adds a lot more "extra" activities that we have to juggle as well.

But Clark had a great season and played well.  He had some pretty awesome catches, hits, and slides.  He is so happy when he does well and I love how excited he gets.  It is fun to watch.  The team moms put together a nice scrapbook and slideshow presentation of the kids on the team at their end-of-season party at CiCi's Pizza.  It was so nice and I love all the action shots of Clark.  He really enjoys playing baseball and looks forward to it every year.  Keep working hard and practicing, Clark!

 

Make it around those bases, Clark!

Signing scrapbooks at the end-of-season party