The Champions

Cole's baseball team, the Cowboys, pulled out the most amazing series of AAA Championship baseball games.  They came into the championship tournament in the middle.  Just an average team with an average win-loss streak.  They lost the first game, sadly, putting them into the losers bracket.  Agh, so scary.  One more loss and they were out.  But...can you believe it, they pulled out a winning streak that ended with them taking the whole damn thing! They WON! They WON! It was the most incredible series of games.  I can't even sum it all up it was so awesome.
Cole had been struggling with hitting some.  He has a great eye but sometimes hard times putting the bat to the ball.  He had the chance to practice some at the neighbors house.  That was awesome.  They all came ready to play.  It was the most incredible game.  We were all so proud of them.

Hot Rods Baseball

This year we decided to let Cole take a break from gymnastics and play his first season of baseball.  We had made the decision long ago that we wouldn't really have the kids get too involved in organized sports before 6 years old.  Our life is already so busy with lots of children and homeschooling along with everything else, and it can get very expensive to have kids in sports so it just seemed to make sense not to waste money on toddlers and young kids playing sports.  

My parents have been so generous as to enroll the kids in things like Gymboree, gymnastics, karate, etc.  Those are things my parents have provided to the children and it's been a wonderful gift.  So, this is our first season enrolling Cole in an organized sport "for real" and he picked baseball. I suppose we could count swim team last summer as the first sport...

We decided to register for Coach Pitch baseball this time around and get him used to the game, the rules, the  basics.  He's really a natural at most things athletic. I chalk that up to both genetics and gymnastics.  Gymnastics has made him so strong.  I'm so glad he's spent 2 years doing that.

Justin volunteered to help coach so that has been so fun for Cole as well.  The twins often get to practice with the team, and we should have signed them up for it this year, but we decided at registration to wait another year.  I'm wishing now we would have signed them up, they too are pretty natural athletes.

They practice once a week and have two games each week.  It's a pretty full season.  Cole seems to really be enjoying it, which is awesome.  He's too cute as he approaches the plate I always get a half smile grin while he struts to the plate.  He puts on his tough face!  Then he slams the ball.  He knows he's good!

I've gotten some pretty neat pics of him so far this season.  He's just too cute!