The Best Day of the Week

 This week?  It was today.  T-ball day.  Folks, I'm here to tell you that it doesn't get much funnier than T-ball.  Take 30 5-year-olds who don't have a clue about what they are doing, and let them loose.  Wait.  That sounds like my life on a daily basis.  Except in T-ball, you have the added entertainment of the 10 or so "coaches" (dads) out on the field trying to manage the chaos.  And you have bats.  Metal bats.  And all the kids are dressed the same and the helmets are way too big for them so you can't see their eyes so (and maybe this was just me) I couldn't even tell which kids were mine.  Hilarious, I tell ya. 

By the time we got to the field I was already pretty giddy because of how cute they looked in their uniforms:

And then, warm ups began.  That's when things started getting good.

First up, Abby playing catch with her BFF Rylee.  Here she is hurling the ball back.  What you can't see is that Rylee is not looking even remotely in Abby's direction so she has no clue that a ball is coming straight for her.  Luckily for Rylee, Abby's throwing distance is not her strongest T-ball skill so there was no need to panic.  (Wondering what IS her strongest T-ball skill?  Without a doubt, looking cute.)

 Here's Ben.  This is called an action shot, I believe.

 Here's Ab.  Notice her hustling to get the ball.

 And Ben explaining to someone what it is they are supposed to be doing...

 Finally, it was time for the game to start.  Ben was on third....

 And Abby started out as the first base girl...

 The kids all get a chance to hit and they all get to run one base at a time.  Which is probably for the best, considering that otherwise every hit would be a home run due to the ball managing abilities of 5-year-olds.  Poor Abby was a bit confused at first, but the good news is that Ben was always there to back her up.  (Third base doesn't get a lot of action so he just kept running over to make sure she was doing her job.) 

And then, it was finally their turn to hit.  Here's my little lefty on her way to first base!

 For the second inning, Ben got to be the catcher!!  So they strapped him up in about 40 pounds of gear and set him behind the plate...

 And Abby just kept doing what she does best...

 The third (and final) inning Ben played short stop and I'm not sure whether he didn't think that he could throw that far or didn't trust the catching capabilities of the catcher, but every ball that he got his hands on he just ran into home plate.  A strategy that worked quite well for him because by the time the kid on third realized he was supposed to be running and not staring at the sun, Ben was halfway to home plate with the ball in his mitt.

The kids had a blast today and so did I.  Here's hoping that the sun makes an appearance for some of our  other games because it sure was nice.  If you're looking for some entertainment on a Saturday afternoon between here and June, let me know because a T-ball game might just hit the spot.  Today was definitely the best day of the week!