It’s baseball season again! Maxwell played T-ball last year and this year moves up to coach pitch. They had their first games this weekend and actually had one on Saturday and one on Sunday to make up for spring break next week. I have to say, baseball has never been my favorite sport…at all. But, I LOVE watching Maxwell out there. He looks so sharp in his uniform and I love to watch him paying attention and trying to make a play…it’s fun.

Saturday was our first time out to the fields at the high school and we snuck in and took a little picture on one of the big fields…

Maxwell is #9 and had two great hits – hit 1 and hit 2 – during the Saturday game and he also got to play pitcher which was awesome. He had several good stops and throws to first for an out!

Most importantly, he had a lot of fun!

On Sunday, Susan and Barry nicely agreed to be the designated spectators at baseball while Robert and I went to Spencer’s first soccer game. Maxwell had 3 more great hits and got to play shortstop!

Spring ball – here we come!! Let’s go Cardinals, let’s go!!

Maxwell had his first basketball game on Saturday and it was definitely entertaining! There are only 7 people on his team and only 5 showed up for the game so that meant our 5 superstars had to play the whole game. They did great and were red-cheeked by the end!

Basketball at this age is funny – they try to make it all fair and nice and the defense isn’t supposed to actually “steal” the ball. Ha! They defensive players are supposed to get on the X’s in their zone defense and stay there. They can get the ball if it comes into the box or off of a rebound. On offense, they really want one kid to dribble down and pass it off to another player who takes a shot.

The first quarter was pretty comical because the kids really didn’t know what they were doing. But, after that they figured it out a bit and had things rolling. Maxwell did great – he dribbled great, hustled after the ball, went in there to fight for rebounds and even made two baskets!! Such a baller!!  🙂

Most importantly, Maxwell had fun. After the game he asked if we could go buy a basketball and even went to the Y on Sunday with Robert to practice. I love this kid!

Their team name? The Bucks. Go Bucks Go!