Good idea/Bad idea: summer edition

Bad idea: We signed Max and Raphael up for baseball.

Good idea: Tre (my favorite) has decided to sit this season out, opting instead to participate in a 25 mile bike ride in June.

Bad idea: That bike ride will require training.

Good idea: Which he will do with his dad.

Bad idea: Raphael has moved up out of the relative safety of T-ball, into the dangerous waters of "coach-pitch." He and Clay both think this is a fine idea, and are unmoved by my arguments of "But he's my BAY-BEEE!" and "But he could get HURT!" and "But someone will be throwing things at my BAY-BEE!"

Good idea: Raphael is completely enthralled with his cup, and wore it most of the day on Saturday. It protected his young squishy boyness during a particularly brutal game of Wii baseball, and also kept him safe during multiple thunks with his own delighted knuckles.

Bad idea: Max is moving out of the relative safety of "coach pitch" into the brutal waters of "player pitch." This is an archaic form of torture wherein youngsters learn how to pitch by spending interminable hours flinging wild balls in the general direction of home plate whilst their adoring parents watch and quietly die a thousand deaths. Games last one million years or until everyone is dead, whichever comes last.

Good idea: Max has GLASSES and can SEE and might...um...be able to pitch?

Bad idea: First practice isn't for two weeks, and I'm so emotionally scarred from last year that I'm already hoping for rain.

Good idea: Max and Raphael are alight with baseball joy. Max keeps plotting pitching strategies. Raphi totes his glove everywhere, and is never more than two feet away from a ball. Tre is likewise obsessed with his bike. They are all so engaged and delighted that I find I can't quite begrudge the fact that my life is over for the time being.

Let the games begin.

Comments

[Mir]

Um... darling? May I suggest you run over to zennioptical.com RIGHT NOW and buy Max a spare pair of glasses? Do not let that child play kid-pitch in his one and only pair, I am BEGGING you. Just sayin'.

*smooch*

[chris]

Hahahahahahahaha. Laughing WITH you.

I have three right now playing, with a fourth starting next month. I am thinking of setting up at tent at the field.

[Lisa]

I have been feeling so guilty about dreading my son's coach-pitch games because they last one bazillion years--but you have two! Good luck. Bring treats!

[mande]

Kira,

You are an amazing writer. I work with your Dad at Pioneer and he showed me your website. I have two children of my own and can relate to alot of your stories. Children are so amazing. Anyway... I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed reading your blogs.