Can you believe the year is half-over already? In the next six months, Ella will start preschool, I'll turn 29 (wow, I'm getting old), Ella will turn 5, we'll celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary and Miss Alexis will turn 1. Wow, lots to celebrate, but before that, much to do. Finish out the summer fun, head to Denver and enjoy a beautiful fall.
Tonight we celebrated the end of the 1st season of t-ball for Ella. The 2010 UGRA (Urbandale Girls Recreation Association) Grasshoppers team experienced a lot.
The first game:
* The first girl up to bat for the season ran to 3rd base instead of 1st.
* All of the girls ran after each ball as it was hit.
The last game:
* All the girls hit the ball and ran to the right base.
* They all stayed in their positions (pretty well anyway) and threw the ball to the 1st basemen(woman).
At all points in between, the 7 little girls learned each others names, cheered for each other, laughed and even exeperienced some boredom. That little Ella. By about game 3, she was having a ball running around in a circle on the field, putting the dirt in her glove and dumping it back out, sleeping on the bases (not really, but certainly wasn't running) and sitting down backwards in the field (facing the outfield).
Through it all, Charles & I learned that she is only 4, but we have VERY high expectations. Shame on us - yelling at our beautiful little firecracker to pay attention, run, stop playing with the dirt. But, in the end, we do love her and are very proud of her for trying and having fun. She'll never forget her Grasshoppers team (and neither will we), OR her coaches, Bob Stouffer and Molly Flinkman (father/daughter team). Bob is the superintendent at Des Moines Christian schools and Molly is his 23 year old daughter.
And through most of the games, Alexis slept in her car seat. However, at the last game, she did get to eat a bottle and then watch for a little bit, before she fell asleep. It's typical for her to sleep a couple of times throughout the day, then comes home and most nights, takes a nap. Sometimes the nap is 20 minutes, sometimes it's an hour and a half and then we have to wake her up.
Oh the joys of kiddos and husbands and dogs. They make the ride of life truly enjoyable.
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