...at the old ball game!

Softball is back and Peanut couldn't be more thrilled. Her sister on the other hand is bored out of her mind while at the fields but refuses to sit home without us and also refuses to keep her complaints to herself when the game goes any longer than it absolutely has to. Babe is also not very thrilled because fall-ball is the instructional season. This is the time to fine tune your skills and learn new positions, which is perfect since Peanut moved up to 12U {they use a bigger ball and subsequently a bigger mitt, which also meant a trip to the sporting good store for new equipment}. As a result fall-ball is not competitive. Not being competitve is something that Babe is not very good at!

I wanted boys so very bad, twin boys actually. I really wanted to give Babe someone that could follow in his athletic footsteps. Someone who could not only throw a punch but take one in return. I even had his name, Dominick James but never DJ! If I had twins I would have been forced to name the second one "Boy" because Dominick James was all I had. Honey now wants that name for her son and has officially claimed it and informed her sister that if she takes her name she's "going down". I choose Dominick because it's a good Italian name {it had nothing at all to do with one very hot Dominick I knew when I was younger} and James after my Father. I had it all worked out. God on the other hand had something all together different planned for me. What is that saying? "Want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans". That is so very true! God so knew what was best for us. He knew that if we had boys I would be raising them solo because Babe would be serving a prison sentence for beating up the Blue, the coach or another Dad. Who am I kidding, it would be because he took all three of them down! Yes, God is an all knowing God who knows just what you need! We have been going to some of Honey's high school football games where my husband has gotten to his feet, more than once, yelled at the refs and loudly given the coaches his opinion on their coaching abilities. I have to continually remind him that we do not have a boy on the the field, to sit down and let the players Daddy's TCB!

Wow, I just totally acted like an ADHD dog seeing a ball being thrown in the opposite direction!...BALL!...

Back to Peanut. She is back at the softball fields and had her first game Friday night. She absolutely loves it and is quite good at it too, which is always a plus! She told her new coach that she wants to play first base, a position she has not played before. She has a great arm and as a result has always been put in the outfield {she threw a ball from mid-outfield directly to the picture during tonight's game!}, she views the outfield as a less than good position and wants to be where the action is. Seriously, I can't blame the girl. Babe wants to see her at 2nd base or short stop and I just want to see her still have the desire to be a girly-girl and have all of her teeth when she smiles! Is that really too much to ask?

Making a great stretch to catch the ball and get the out!

She has a "hitch" in her swing, whatever that means, but still managed to smack the crap out of this pitch!

Peanut and one of her good friends "M". They have not been on the same team yet, maybe spring-ball?

I have a question for y'all.

Am I the only one that thinks having WW as a sponsor for a youth team is wrong? Especially a girls team. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that they stepped up in this economy to support our team but with body image issues being what they are was this a wise decision? Should WW choose an older crowd to cater to? Should our organization seek out other Sponsors? I know WW is attempting to reach out to the parents and the organization just needs to bring in enough money to keep our costs down and I also know that WW teaches a very healthy well balanced "life style change" not a diet. "M's" team is Mobile Meals, a delivery service for most local restaurants. The girls not only noticed the team sponsors but talked about it during dinner after the game. Am I putting more into this or does anyone else see where I'm coming from? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this one!

P.S. Thank you WW for giving us your support in these tough times even if I'm not 100% I agree with it!