Little League Opening Day 2015

This year Andrew is in the Rookie League doing coach pitched baseball.

Our season kicked off today with the Opening Ceremonies this morning followed by his first game this afternoon. The rain held off (other than some minor hail) so we were so excited!

This year Andrew is on the Nationals. Last year he was on the Red Sox. Several of the same kids from his team last year are on his team this year, which makes it fun since we already know people.

Andrew played well and definitely goofed off quite a bit with his friends when he wasn't batting or in the field. Hopefully at some point he learns to just watch the game... but in the meantime I am at least happy he is having fun!

He got to played catcher today for one inning and was adamant that he doesn't want to do that again. He wasn't a fan. :)

The games at this stage go really slow. The game lasted two hours and the kids were really into it at the beginning and then were totally done at the end. Good thing there are snacks at the end! Definitely something to look forward to every week.

For the next few months Andrew will have a game three days a week. I am so glad I don't have either of the other kids in any extracurricular acitivites or I might go crazy! I don't like having tons of scheduled events.

Today Andrew managed to hit the ball every time that the pitcher threw it to him. Yay! I think we're going to have a great season!

Andrew's First Basketball Game

Today Andrew had his first basketball game. Several of my friend's kids ended up on his team so we have quite the fun cheering section during the game.

His coaches are very nice and supportive and Andrew had a blast!

I was impressed with how well he dribbled the basket down the court considering he's never played in a real game before. He still has a lot to learn about traveling and double dribbling. They didn't call any of that today though... so that was great.

I think they decided to call themselves the Warriors. Their goals are to have fave and make baskets. I think the coach said every kid on the team except one made a basket today. I don't think Andrew made one... or at least he doesn't remember making one... so I think he was that one kid.

Good thing he is not a depressed sort of kid. He was just excited that his team "won" (an unscored game). 

The littler kiddos were CRAZY while we watched Andrew's grame, but were still a lot of fun. Ryan had a blast climbing up the bleachers and make graham cracker messes and Catie tried to see how many times she could go use the bathroom in an hour. She liked having 1:1 attention and the long walk to the bathroom.

So proud of Andrew and his hard work today!