Trent is no longer a one sport man. He has expanded his sports resume to include Baseball. Though at this point no one will be recruiting him based on his mad skillz. During his rise to hockey stardom we forgot to teach the kid to catch. The last time he played baseball was in '06 and '07.
It was a very rough start.
Lots of this....
And this....
We've even played in the pouring rain. Torrential!
Yeah, its a Park n'Rec team but not everyone gets to play. The Coach is
IN-T-E-N-S-E! In fact he tried to convince me to have Trent play with the 7 & 8 year olds. Umm, NO. Nice guy, way to build a kid's confidence! The good kids keep getting better and the not so good kids get left kicking sand. I could go on, but will say, it really gives me a different perspective going into this next hockey season.
Speaking of hockey, check out this Baseball Goalie.
"Cover your short side, stick on the ice, don't get deep."
(Name the movie Luke.)I like to see the best in people, so I can say he does have a few redeeming qualities. We'll be chalking this one up to one of those life lessons. Sometimes your leaders aren't always the best leaders but they're the one you're stuck with. Make the best of it.
In between games where he wants to quit, there are fun times. Trent had a "Major League" moment. Walking the field at the Brewer's Game.
He said he felt, "so small." It happened so fast I didn't even see Trent, luckily I just kept snapping away and found him in the picture later. Nothing beats the opportunities the Admirals offer, but this was cool.
When Trent was 6mo. old. We drove down to the "Field of Dreams" in Dyersville Iowa.
Neat destination if you're looking for a little road trip. They have a diamond there and you can play a game. That summer we did other baseball-y things, so I nick-named it Baseball Summer. This is Baseball Summer 2. All Trent's games, plus Callie started t-ball. And, in addition, after not going to a single game the last two summers, we have been to 3 Brewer's Games in the last month.
The game with Trent's team,
Once with Marshall's Family
Once just us..
Baseball Summer 2. Here's to surviving our rookie season!
As much as I tried to keep it away, the first day of school came anyway! Callie was up before her alarm and raring to go. She had her outfit picked out the night before. We dropped her school supplies off a couple days ago, but her empty backpacked was lined up by the door ready. We had time to take pictures, make a last minute cold lunch for Callie and somehow we were even early enough the kids were sitting in the car waiting for me to finish getting ready.
