T-Ball Adventure

Leo didn't want to wear his hat, so Sophia was happy to have it 

Sean was back with us, and again brought the English rain with him!

Sophia entertained us by making up various umbrella dances

Sean is so awesome and always willing to play with the kids

So Leo's "playing" T-Ball.  I don't put playing in quotes because they're 3 and no one really plays an organized sport at 3, no, I put it in quotes because it's a struggle to get him to do anything at T-ball, especially things that resemble playing.

This is something we are really struggling with lately.  Leo says he wants to do all kinds of fun stuff, gets super excited about it, but when we get there he  is immediately not interested and says he wants to go home.  I cautioned Charlie against this before T-ball season but as a dad, he really wanted his boy to play.  And Leo does love to play in the front yard and will hit, run, field, etc.  So, after some debate we decided to give it a try.  Hmmm.  Maybe a bad idea?

He's only 3 so we don't want to force him but then again what do we do?  Do we just lose the money and let Leo stay home?  We didn't love that idea either, even though the rationale of him only being 3 does factor into it.  So we decided that we will take Leo every week and he can choose to sit out or he can choose to play.  This strategy seems to work well with Leo's contrary nature.  If we don't force him to do anything, he can't do the opposite.  :)  

So far, after week 3, this seems to be the best idea.  His 3rd week was his best yet and he did sit out some but he did play.  Charlie does get out there with him sometimes and play along side him, but he played a lot by himself and even sat on the bench patiently and waited for his turn to bat, which was miraculous!

There are only 3 more weeks left in the season and after that I think Leo will be taking a break from organized activity for a while!