First T-Ball

Finn has his first ever T-ball practice/session/activity on Tuesday night. Jim, yet again showing that he may be the best dad on earth, changed his travel plans so he could go to Finn's first night. Our friends Sharon, Laena and Braeland came to watch, which was very thoughtful and gave Korri somebody to play with (i.e. have her Sharon-time!).

The first part was a lot of explaining and not a ton of doing. Even given that, Finn did a great job, for a three year old. I'm pretty sure he was the shortest one and he probably was the slowest one, but he also has the shortest legs! We need to work on his running speed (um, uncle John?!?!) and jumping jacks. I'd tried to teach him jumping jacks a few weeks ago and he kind of caught on, but they are a hard concept to get. After some explanations, warm-ups and stretching, they worked on handling the glove and ball, running the bases and then finally...dum, dum, dada, dum...batting! Finn was the last to bat (of course because he just doesn't care about that kind of stuff...as long as Korri isn't in front of him, that is!) and he was by far the best batter (makes up for his short little body). Although, after he hit the ball, he just kind of ran kitty-wham-pus and never made it to first base. The learning curve, I guess!

He really did a great job. It was supposed to be 45 minutes, but in order for all the kids to have a turn batting, it went almost an hour and a half, which was too long for Korri and most of the kids! I'm so glad we signed Finn up for this. I know he is only three, but it will teach him some important life skills...and it is fun!!! More pictures on our picture website!