Eaves Extras: T-ball Round 1

We branched out this year and decided to sign Madelyn up for summer t-ball and we were hoping for a good experience since she is a year older than last year's soccer attempt. Just in case you don't remember our soccer experience you can check it out here. So it couldn't be worse than soccer last year, right?? Well, it definitely started out rough!!

Madelyn and I drove to the recreation commission to drop off our registration in May and I started talking about t-ball hoping to get her pumped up to play, WRONG!! She starts out telling me she doesn't want to play t-ball she wants to play soccer (such a lie) and by the time I actually hand in the paperwork she is full on wailing that she never wants to play t-ball and she is going to live at Jan's house (daycare lady) so she doesn't have to play. To which I tell her that's fine if that's what she wants but I just paid for t-ball so Jan will take her to play. Such a great parenting moment, not! After I get her back into her carseat, still hysterical, I call her father just so he knows what were dealing with!! This was our first clue that t-ball might not go well!

Then a few weeks before the league was to start I hadn't heard anything from the coach so I called the recreation commission to find out our coach hadn't picked up his things yet. No big deal but I did ask a few questions about the league and found out there was no instructional piece or practice just games. Well great! Who doesn't have any instructional piece in a four year old league?? Clue number 2.

So the first night of t-ball we get all prepared. Camera, check. Water bottles because it's 95 degrees, check. Adorable pink t-ball glove, check. What's missing? The team t-shirt! Our coach brought the t-shirts to the first game and the kids changed on the field. This is where it all went horribly wrong!! There was absolutely NO way our little one was taking her shirt off in front of anyone. There were tears and tugging on our arms to get us to leave, a large fit. Eventually Madelyn and I walked way out away from everyone else just to switch shirts. Then there was a little hat issue. She wanted nothing to do with their team hats. Not having it, no way! So we didn't wear the hat.

By now Matt and I are tired and Madelyn's team has already taken the field. But we're ready to play now! So Matt starts to walk her to the dug out and I can see it in her eyes and hear it in her voice, this isn't going to be pretty. So I hurry to get out the camera. They made it almost to the dug out and this is what happened. A full on dead spring back to mommy! Clue number 3.

I love this shy, cautious girl! She reminds me so much of myself. Sometimes that makes me sad because I know she will be so guarded that she will sometimes miss out on fun things so I'm trying to model more outgoing things for her. I know regardless, she is who she is, and I love her!