Friday, June 8, 2012

That first weekend in June

It is always going to be busy.  I wonder how we are going to do it in the years to come, because Gwen has been lucky having her recital on Saturday evening the past two years, the only time it works where everyone can make the show.  When she is in 2nd grade, in two more years, she will have to attend more than one recital, have more than one dance, and as soon as next year, she could have a recital that conflicts with a baseball game, or even softball when she starts playing. 

But I digress, we had two baseball games and a dance recital this past weekend.  It was an event-filled weekend, but actually kind of glad we get it all done in one snap, so it doesn't drag out over the summer.  It also happens to be around our wedding anniversary, so we seem to have to postpone any event or outing for another time, once we get past this crazy weekend. 

Trevor's baseball team lost its first game of the year on Saturday, and it was pretty tough because this team can't seem to get enough kids to show up, or at least let the coaches know in advance that they won't be at the game.  Saturday, they barely had the required 8 kids there to play the game.  And in the mean time, they had to rearrange the positions at the last minute.  It was a tough game, but they didn't play too poorly.  Trevor made a silly mistake when he didn't watch his coaches while running the bases.  He hit a good ball out to the outfield and tried to make it a home run.  The team they were playing had really good fielding ability and got him in a hot box, and got a few more kids out too the same way. 

Saturday evening was Gwen's dance recital.  This was the first time she explained that she was nervous, or scared, but once she got on stage, she was all smiles.  She did a great job remembering her steps and looking like she was having a great time.  She was able to come back out at the hokey pokey, dance around smiling, so she was getting a two-for-one night!  When asked after the recital, she said she preferred the hokey pokey so she could shake her backside at the audience.  She also enjoyed watching her performance that I had recorded on the camcorder. 

Sunday's game was much better for Trevor's team.  They were fairly evenly matched, but came out on top.  I must say, that Trevor has really developed his swing and his throwing since last year's baseball.  The team counts on him to be the pitcher for the majority of the game because of his arm.  Also, I believe there have been 2 or fewer times this year where he has struck out.  He has been thrown out at first base a few times, but he is one of a handful of players that consistently makes contact with the baseball and with power, he also gets extra base hits as well. 

Although the weekend was over, the baseball team had another baseball game on Monday evening, the third one in three days.  The team that they played really struggled, both fielding and hitting.  And this was the day that Trevor hit his first home run, and it happened to be at a time where the bases were loaded.  So it was also at the same time he got his first grand slam.  Thankfully this time he was watching his coaches at the bases and they waved him home (Russ was the 3rd base coach).  It was a fun game to watch him hit in.  Along with his skill, he also has a lot of confidence.  It is a good chance to teach him respect for his teammates and the opposing team, by not getting too crazy or mouthy with his good fortune.  I was explaining to him after the game that he had a GREAT game, but that to make sure that you understand that the other team probably feels horrible at that point.  It doesn't do any good to make them feel even worse by celebrating and not telling them "good game" at the end. 

So even though it was a game that didn't come on the weekend, it was a good baseball and dance couple of days.  Trevor only had 4 more days of being a 2nd grader! 

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