Baseball Buddies

Well, Ben says he needs a boy to have true sports camaraderie, but so far he and Anna have been having a good time together being Baseball enthusiasts. Whenever the sun hits the grass in our backyard, Anna starts chirping and hopping about playing baseball with Daddy as soon as he gets home --which is NEVER soon enough! On this day, Anna got her wish: as soon as Daddy walked in the front door and gave everyone hugs and kisses, he walked straight out the back and started playing with Anna.
(Since then, Ben has expressed his surprise that he didn't even change out of his work clothes...and hereby asks that nobody mock him for his pleated "puffy" pants, as all of his other nice pants met an untimely demise. Silly :P)

"Okay, this is how you hold it..."

"Yep, just like that, now choke up on it a bit..."

THE PITCH!
(I missed the ball in this shot, but you can see the its shadow in the grass)

She's got her eye on the ball AAANDD......

It was a HIT!!!
Here they are hugging it out! What cuties!!!

Here's another victory caught on tape!

K, just a disclaimer: Anna dressed herself that day, but I still think she looks so pretty with the sun caught in her hair! AND I would have taped more of her victory dance, but it looked like she was about to battle a wedgie and who needs to see that? Anyway, it's so fun to watch Anna get all excited, practice and finally succeed! She LOVES playing baseball with her Daddy. We're thinking this is a slow progression towards T-Ball! I can't wait! I just hope Ben doesn't tell Anna about kicking dirt over the plates when you feel you've had a bad call. She would be EXACTLY the type to do that!