A new driver in town

Claire has just become interested in driving Andrew's jeep. It is pretty much too big for him, but he still likes to try and drive it. One afternoon Claire decided it was time to finally get driving lessons.

Everything started out great - with safety first. The princess helmet is appropriate to wear anytime you are playing outside. She drove the jeep down past our neighbor's house with no trouble.


The trouble came when it was time to turn around. She could not understand that turning around could be done while still in the jeep. Every time it was time to make a turn, she got out and proceeded to pull the jeep around with her hands. This was not very effective and she needed help doing this. Danny tried and tried to show her how to use the steering wheel, but no luck. Incidentally, note the footwear on Claire. In case you were wondering, yes, it is okay to wear your church shoes outside to drive the jeep, ride a bike, or play in the sandbox. They are her "go to" shoes for any occasion.

Back on track her she is concentrating on driving straight - straight over the neighbor's lawn that is.

The first T-ball game

Andrew had his first T-ball game on March 20th. He was very excited to put all of his new skills to use.

As you can see, he is on the Red Sox. The highlight of the uniform is either the fact that his name is on the back of his shirt OR the new cleats.

Fielding the balls is hard for 5 year olds. They try really hard, but they miss a lot. They get to move around to different positions during the game. Even though they don't actually pitch the ball, he likes to play "pitcher" because he gets to field a lot of balls.

The goal is to be able to hit a coach pitched ball soon.

It seems like the whole team watches the ball they just hit in amazement rather than running to first base. The coach has to remind them to run every time. They don't keep score in T-ball because they are just learning. So far, Andrew is having fun.

Baseball

Andrew started playing T-ball 2 weeks ago. He was nervous going into it, but he seems to really like it. His friend Max from church is playing on his team and he really likes that. As usual Andrew is very into the gear required to play. He insisted on new cleats and that somehow his soccer cleats were suddenly too small. Surprisingly, he doesn't even seem to mind wearing a cup.

Here they are warming up at the beginning of practice.

Hitting practice.
Catching practice. His first game is on March 20th. On Saturday at practice they got to try different positions which is really enjoyed. His favorite part was running the bases though. I think that he will really like baseball, I just wish the season didn't go until the middle of June!