Wednesday, May 21, 2008

My All Star


Zach started baseball on Monday. He has been asking when it starts for the past two months. I don't know who was more excited for baseball to start, Dan or Zach. Zach's practice didn't start until 6:30 pm Monday evening, but Dan was home before 5:00 claiming that he needed to help Zach warm up. Dan was having all the kids get in the car 20 minutes before practice even started (it only takes us 3 minutes to get to the school where the practice was being held!)
The best part for me was Zachary's face all during practice. He grinned from ear to ear. He has been such a trooper the past few years following Maddie to cheerleading, ballet, therapy, etc. Now he has something all his own.

Zach seemed to be on the same playing level as most of the other kids. They played catch to get warmed up and Zach didn't catch one ball, but his pitches were great. Most of the kids seemed to do the same. He did come off the field at the end of practice saying, "Dad, you never told me about second and third!!" Since we have such a small backyard Dan has had Zach run to first base after he hits the ball. Zach was surprised to see that there were three other bases to run too!
Zach's team is called the Royals and he should be getting a shirt and hat very soon. I am so excited Zach has something all his own. He wants desperately to be a real baseball player when he grows up.

8 comments:

SD and EJ said...

EJ would be so proud! That is so funny he didn't know about the other bases. So cute!

Katherine said...

That is so great! It is so fun to see your kids happy and since Zach has gone through a lot in his short life, he deserves to be grinning from ear to ear!

Matt said...

Did Dan approve this post??

shh said...

Wow, Zach...you are on the Royals!
That is super. We will have to come to your game when we come to Boise next week. I can't wait to see you play baseball.

Yanira said...
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Yanira said...

Way to go Zach!! Good luck this season.

Matt said...

I wonder if Rin really wants to be affiliated with my blog. Dunn family blog?..haha. I'm showing her that tonight. She'll shut me down.

Ryan and Angela said...

Hey, Kathleen is in that picture. That's official. We're famouse. Your pictures are way better than mine.