My Children Are Destined For Greatness!

Today was the first day of baseball practice for Luke. Matthew has decided not to play this year. I have been waiting for this day ever since the last day of last season. Luke moved up into the 9-10 yr old league this year. This is the year that the kids start pitching, not just hitting off of a pitching machine. Matthew was in this league last year, but he never cared much for pitching. My boys have played baseball since they were old enough to, and have always been the kids in the outfield, playing in the dirt. And, yes, that WAS Luke that did a cartwheel mid-game a couple years ago...

Towards the end of last season, after one of Matthew's games, the boys were playing around with some other kids. They were taking turns pitching and hitting. They decided to let Luke pitch for awhile, because everyone wanted to bat. So, up comes Luke to the pitcher's mound. I was feeling a little sorry for him as he stood there preparing to make his first pitch, because he never has tried, and all the other kids out there were in the league ahead of him. SOOO, he wound up, pitched, I cringed, and.... THE BALL WENT STRAIGHT WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO!!! And, to top it off, he had the SPEED as well as the ACCURACY! WOW! So, I thought it was a fluke, so I hollered at him to do it again. Guess what? The kid can PITCH! Over the plate, fast, with as much if not more accuracy than the kids actually in that league! So, I assume this means he will be the next ____________(fill in the blank here with the name of a famous pitcher, I don't really know baseball all that well.)

So, we went to practice today. He did really well at the pitching, catching, fielding, etc. THEN it was his turn to bat..........(notice the extra dots here, I am stalling). Well, that didn't go so well. I think they must have thrown 20 pitches to him, and he only managed to hit 3, and not very hard. Conclusion: the coach must be a sucky pitcher, lol. Maybe Luke could give him lessons!!!

I am happy to see I have another follower! My friend Heather has joined the crew! Miss you Heather!!!

On a more disturbing note, I had to delete a follower already. His name was something like Ali Baba or the like. I clicked on his profile, and followed a link, and it was all about the rise of Islam or something or the other, I can't read Islamic. But, there were pictures of DECOMPOSING BODIES!!! This was enough to convince me that he was not the kind of follower I wanted... Wonder what in the world made him follow my sight?? Don't believe I have mentioned anything remotely Islamic....OR anything about dead people... CREEPY

Well, enough for now. Take care until next time!
marci