Softball season

Softball has started. Grace is on a team with many of her good friends, once again coached by the father of her best friend. And after only a couple weeks I can already see improvement over last year. Timing this year is a bit of a killer - all the 2nd grade girls in town practice at the same time in the same place. So Thursday nights from 6:15 to 7:40 are now filled (luckily the carpool has been activated, so I only have to be there too once every four weeks). And team practice is combined with the games on Saturdays having us up at the fields from 1:30 to 4pm. How about a couple action shots?


This year is the first year the girls' softball teams got to march in the annual Westfield Baseball (and now Softball) Season Kickoff parade. We had a lot of fun - I dropped Grace and her friend off with her coach at the starting point, then Alex and I drove down to the ending point to watch the parade come by. Poor Jim was sick as a dog and had to miss the fun. After the parade there is a street party with all sorts of inflatable slides/bounce houses/etc. and throngs of people.



Here's a tiny clip of Grace and her friends walking by in the parade. They were one of two teams that did not receive their shirts at the prior Thursday practice. So while their team name is the Jays, their signs say Rockets because we didn't know what we would be. And all the girls got their hats and shirts that morning, which explains how everyone's hats are not fitting heads very well.


Alex ended up having an awesome time because we connected there with BOTH his very best buddies. They were so excited to see each other you couldn't tell they'd just spent about 7 hours together the day before in a combination of school and playdate. My little guy who is so reluctant to do anything new told me he can't wait for the parade again next year!