Tyler finishes Softball

I did not ask Tyler if she wanted to play softball. I had hoped that she would never ask. Having two kids in baseball has been hard enough, three seemed impossible. But she did ask, begged me to play in fact. And so, despite my better judgement I decided to let her try it.

It started out a little rocky. The girls were a little rough around the edges. Sometimes they weren't paying attention, the ball would roll right by them and they would be looking off in another direction, or else there would be three of them running towards the same ball. At one point I was watching a ball sail up into the air towards one girl in left field, when she gave a little scream and jumped back away from it. At that moment I thought "so this is baseball with girls!" It was a little like watching t-ball - painfull. Tyler even asked me the first week, "How do I know when to run to the base?" and "what do I do after I hit the ball.?" And I thought she had been watching her brothers play for all these years.

They came together well though. They even got to the point where they could get three outs in an inning. Tyler loved it and had a great season. She is always asking for someone to go outside and play catch with her now. Her favorite position was catcher. I think everyone's favorite position was catcher. All the girls begged to be catcher.

It was busy though. The last few weeks we have averaged 6-7 games a week plus 2-3 practices. I rarely make dinner anymore and sometimes spend an hour to an hour and a half in the car dropping off and picking up kids after school. Thankfully, yesterday was her last game and her team party.

One down and two to go.