Baseball Boys

It's hard for me to believe that our baseball season ends tomorrow. Both older boys have had lots of fun playing and learning more about the game. I still wonder how old they need to be before they learn they can outrun first base and not be out! I really enjoy watching Kaleb run around the bases. He's finally learned not to throw his bat after hitting the ball. Yikes! My favorite parts of watching Braylen play are: he stuffs his batting gloves in his back pocket and they flop around when he runs, he spits sunflower seeds in the dugout, he makes a throw to first base and gets the runner out (a miracle at how far they come from age 6 to age 8!), and he's still my little boy who isn't ashamed to call out to me when he's running in from the field. I love to see the boys play baseball for fun. I remember many whiffle ball games in my backyard growing up!

Tomorrow we're taking Braylen to summer camp. He'll be gone for 2 nights! This will ease him in slowly, so maybe next summer he'll stay for a week. He's all packed. When we were getting his things ready today, he was horrified that I was putting his initials in his underwear. Doesn't every mom label their 8 year old son's things? My brother never opened his soap when he was at camp for a week. I'm not sure how old he was. I wonder if Braylen will use his soap at all? :)

Aaron keeps making us laugh. Tonight he put on the face mask to swim in the pool and he called it his binoculars! He entertained Gramdma and Grandpa this weekend at the lake with his funny comments on things. He saw some cigarette butts by Grandma's chair at the beach and thought they were hers! Anyone who knows Grandma Jacki knows they were not hers. :)