T-Ball

We decided to sign Riley up for T-ball this summer, mainly to give her something else to do and to expose her to a different sport. She really enjoyed soccer in the fall, but it also wasn't offered in the summer. It's two times a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, and she's one of three girls on the team. I believe there are about 11 kids total on the team. The coach does a great job, and Riley is learning a lot about the sport. She enjoys watching White Sox games with us and takes pride whenever they win (she also likes to gloat when the Cubs lose, so watch out Uncle D!).

We have learned that if this is a sport she's going to continue, we need to invest in aluminum bats. She's not used to that, since we use plastic ones at home. It's an eight-week session, so she still has until the end of the month. They practice on Mondays and games are on Wednesdays. The games are cute--each team bats once around and each player only takes one base.

Doing warm-ups.

Getting ready to hit.

A funny story from one of the first practices: While the kids take turns batting, the other kids field the ball and practice throwing to first base. One of the batters hit the ball and Riley battled two little boys to take the ball. The coach turned to the parents and said, "Guess we won't have to worry about her!"

I asked Riley the other day if she likes T-ball, and she said she does, but she likes soccer better. That's my girl.