Baseball & Soccer

Finally...some baseball weather in Portland! Chris and Nate woke up excited today because they were actually going to have a game...and not only a baseball game, but a soccer game following it. A mixed-double-header!

Chris up to bat.

Nate getting ready to bat. This boy takes his baseball serious.

As soon as the baseball game was over, we ran home, changed out of baseball gear, and put on last Fall's soccer uniforms. The boys were asked to come back and fill in for some absences on their old team, and they were happy to help.
They didn't wash off their eye black, but I think they've started a new trend in Portland Youth Soccer. The other kids thought it was cool.

Nate is an actor!

Nate was excited to see me before the performance!

Nate's class did a performance of the play Stone Soup today. Nate had the part of the 'scholar'. He was nervous as can be this a.m, but by show time he was good to go.

His big moment.

"The founding fathers of the United States of America valued independence."
He said his big line without a hitch.

Celebrating with a bowl of stone soup after the performance. Don't those glasses make him look scholarly?

A round of hoops on the blacktop (with Chris, in red) after school....
that's how we roll.

Nate decided to keep his glasses on. I think that he felt good about a job well done.

It's baseball season again!

Let's play ball!

It was opening day for the Wilshire-Riverside baseball league. My baseball lovin' boys were giddy with anticipation, especially since this year they've stepped and are no longer t-ballers~they now play on Farm League.

The morning started off with a little bit of sunshine, but as the last few teams were running the bases, it started to rain. Still, it was a fun event filled with patriotism, community, and lots of cute boys in baseball uniforms.

The first game of the season was played today. All was going well for about the first 5 innings, and then there was a crazy downpour of rain and hail, the pitching machine quit working, and everyone was frozen. The game was called and we went home and defrosted.