Tryouts

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning at 9:30, Evan had tryouts for baseball.  The term "tryout" is really a misnomer.  Every kid  makes it, it's just that all the coaches watch and that's how they end up drafting players.  I got up around 8 and got Evan ready to leave.  Rachel, who was up late coughing last night, stayed in bed and Noah stayed home with Rachel.

The tryouts consisted of around 10-15 kids per group scheduled each half hour.  Each kid had 5 pitches to hit and then had to run all the around to third.  From there, they had to play shortstop where they were thrown three ground balls and three pop-ups.  After each catch, they had to throw it to first base.  When Evan was on-deck, I smiled at him and gave him the thumbs-up.  His expression never changed. He was very focused.  Even though he was one of the youngest kids, he was the only one to hit each of the 5 pitches.  In the field, Evan wasn't as good catching the ball but made excellent throws to first base.  He really did well and I think he showed himself off well.

When we got home, Noah was in my bedroom with Rachel.  Rachel had just had a coughing fit and Noah went down and got Rachel a Sprite.  Noah can be very helpful.

Evan and Noah had a birthday party to go to.  Rachel is friends with the mom.  She was going to try to take the kids by herself since I have work to do, but I went with her because she didn't look that good.  We only stayed at the party for a little bit but I'm glad we went.

When we came home, neither boy wanted lunch.  I did work, while the boys played and Rachel laid down.  The boys did very well.  They didn't want tv or play the Wii at all.  They just played games they made up or went outside and played baseball.

I made dinner for the boys.  After that, Rachel came down so we could go to Blizzy's.  They are open, supposedly, until 8pm on Saturdays.  Rachel thought that the shaved ice would feel good to her.  Unfortunately, Blizzy's was closed - again.  They keep shrinking their hours.  So we drove over to Sweet Carolines.

We put the boys to bed and they are sleeping now.

Until next time...