Mets action

Batman played his first coach pitch game on opening weekend.  He did very good!  I can't count the number of times that the coach told him to get baseball ready because he was dancing in the field and playing in the dirt but every time that ball was hit he jumped into action and he shocked me as he caught all the balls thrown to him.  I was very impressed.  And to top it off, he got a home run!  How exciting!

 Up to bat.  This is his first year of coach pitch.  We have always pitched him balls.  He has always been able to hit it.  But the transition from soft toss to real baseball pitching has been tough.  He pitches that ball fast and Batman has really had to work on his timing to be able to hit the ball.

Coach is giving him a pep talk.

 Boys are ready.

 Up to bat.

 Get ready. He is so cute and goes through all the mechanics he has been taught as he gets up to bat.

 He hits it.

 This is where I stopped watching.  In girls coach pitch, they don't even let you take a base on an overthrow.  Well in boys that is not the case.  They didn't have someone backing up and the boys kept throwing the ball so time could not be called and when I looked up Batman was rounding second.

 And rounding third on the way home!

 Who Hoo!  Very exciting for him!

 Up to bat again.

 Here he is at second base.

 Great game boys.

My little man!

A little Parade Time

Saturday was Opening Day for Fairfield baseball season.  We all met up at our house to decorate the trucks and eat breakfast.

 Ready to go in the truck!

 

 A little paint on the windows.

 Heading out of the driveway.

 Here they come.  The Fire Truck leading the way.
 There they are!

 And there they go.

Very fun morning and day!

Loving the ball time

I know, no apologies but I have been so busy so no time to blog.  But here are a few pictures from Ladybugs first game of the season last week.  We did win and it was very exciting for the girls but I foresee them having to step up their fielding a little if we are going to make it through the season in the top three!

 Ready to go at bat.  She wants it so bad this year.  She is perfecting her form and swing and looks great. She swings that bat so fast and wants it to go all the way to the fence.

At practice the other day, she even asked her coach to pitch it to her faster so that she could get more speed on the ball.  Cracked me up!

 Running

 Ready at second

 And another hit.

 A catch at first base.

 practicing her leadoff.  She has it down this year!

 Love the action.

So far we are having a fun season!

Volcano Day

Third graders get to have a special volcano day.  It is optional, but if you would like to create a volcano then you can and they all go outside and explode them together.

Well Chris and Ladybug were very excited to embark on this adventure.

 First on the agenda was to figure out how to make it explode high into the air.  They ended up using two squirt bottles.  They put the baking soda in one and the vinegar in the other and then attached them with a hose so that when the vinegar was squirted into the baking soda bottle the pressure would force it up.

 More testing.  How much to put in.

 Time to make our frame.   Using hot glue to put it together.

 They used popsicle sticks as the form of the volcano and then paper mache to form the volcano.  Ladybug pasted while daddy put them on.

 Very serious business.

 I forgot to get picture but Ladybug painted the whole thing by herself.  She mixed brown and black to get the color of brown she wanted on the bottom.  And wanted black at the top from where it was burnt and then she wanted to splatter red for the red lava.

Then they went and picked leaves and sticks from the yard and created trees with hot glue.

 Beautiful volcano.

 The day of the event was beautiful.  The class sat in a circle.  Parents came to watch and they one by one exploded their volcanos.

 And it did shoot right up in the air.

Happy daddy and girl.  Very fun time.  Please note mommy only took part in this project solely as the photographer.  I left it totally up to them and loved it!