Baseball boy

Ethie has played football, basketball, martial arts, and soccer.  So all that was left was baseball!  He started off just a little behind the rest of the boys on his team who had all played t-ball and such.  He was a little bit frustrated that he couldn't hit the ball all the time and didn't really like standing in the outfield waiting around (while being a huge monkey, of course)!

 

Fortunately, they quickly made him the catcher, so he was busy and involved the whole time.  He loved it!  Ethie usually just needs a job to do :)

That's Ethie as catcher

He also practiced swinging and hitting a lot with James and during practice, and he got better!  He got several hits and got to run the bases, which gave him motivation to keep practicing.  He even got a game winning hit during one game!

Coach-pitch

He had a really great, positive, encouraging coach and a great team!  He struggled at the beginning of the season with following directions and fighting with the other boys, but it was good practice for him to work on being a team player and he quickly figured it out!  I think we will do baseball again next year!

Ethie is the last one.  He loved this part of the game :)

At the trophy pizza party!

Friends, yay! :)

Getting his trophy.  He was very proud!  We were proud of him for trying hard and doing his best!