It is not easy being Number 4’s brother or sister. She is fearless and talented and creative and proactive and innovative and beautiful and intelligent. She’s one of those kids who pretty much has it all. Number 3 is struggling with this a little bit. He’s no slouch himself. But he doesn’t have the confidence […]
baseball
He did it.
Number 3, as you know, loves baseball. He’s playing on the travel team this year, and he’s the youngest kid on the team. He wasn’t able to play in the kid-pitch league like the rest of the kids in the spring, so he’s a season behind everyone else. As a result, he doesn’t get the […]
Sometimes you strike out. Other times you are throwing the strikes.
Number 3 used to be my shy, quiet kid. The one who would never, ever get in trouble. Then, last year, he started to come out of his shell. So much so that he was getting into trouble at school for being silly. I was not happy. Well, most of me wasn’t happy. There was […]
Boys of Summer? Not just boys. Not if I have anything to do with it.
Number 3 loves baseball. LOVES it. And I have written before about how the sport has done wonders for his self esteem. I’ve written about it here. And here. Needless to say, with baseball season upon us, Number 3 is very excited. He’s excited to play rec baseball. He’s excited to play travel baseball. Well, he was. […]
Cotton wool recess. More dangerous than a football.
Yesterday a friend of mine posted an article on facebook about a school in New York that has banned footballs. And baseballs. And lacrosse balls. And hard soccer balls. And tag. And cartwheels. And “anything that might hurt someone on school grounds.” Are you kidding? Isn’t that pretty much anything then? What is left for […]
A picture is worth, well, not much anymore.
Yesterday, because I don’t really have enough things going on, I had Number 3’s entire baseball team,and their families,over for an end-of-the-season party. It was kind of a selfish move — I’d much rather have everyone here, instead of loading up all the kids and shlepping them and all their required paraphernalia to the town park. Or […]