Today was Hayden's first t-ball practice! It was so cute seeing him out there without the assistance of Mom or Dad...he looked and acted like such a big kid!!! They worked on hitting (his favorite part), running the bases, they did some glove work, and even did some pre-practice stretching (my favorite part).
A few cute moments worth mentioning:
- He went up and shook the coaches hand and introduced himself-without being told.
- While warming up, the coach had them doing jumping jacks-Hayden had never done one before-so he started out by just jumping up and down. He soon realized that arms were involved, so he started flapping his like a bird.
- While running the bases, he ran with his arms straight down and tensed. After practice, we talked to him and explained that pumping his arms would make him run faster-this then needed to be practiced immediately.
- The bat that the city provided was too heavy, and my poor tiny guy could barely lift it to his shoulder. We promised to bring his bat next week.
- Jason will be running a practice next Saturday. When the coach asked if he'd be around, he wasn't aware of what he was getting himself in to. Hayden is thrilled to get to call him Coach Daddy.
- The name of his team is The Cardinals-and his coach is Coach Doug.
- His size 9 1/2 glove is a tad too big-but we called Grandpa and got some advice on how to soften it up. This will involve a trip to the drugstore in search of some "Neat Foot" oil. Thanks Grandpa!
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