Turning the Double Play

Yesterday was Opening Day for the North Boise Little League. For the first time, both Tanner and Jake are playing, so we weren't able to hit the Opening Day festivities AND the Hidden Springs Easter Egg hunt. Bye Bye Easter Bunny. Jake's team pictures were in the morning and Tanner's were in the afternoon, and since I am Assistant Coaching Jake's team and Managing Tanner'e team, that meant we were at the ballfield all day long.

In typical Boise spring fashion, it was alternately, cold with rain/snow and warm with sun over the course of the day, so we had to bring a truckload of equipment, jackets, sweatshirts etc. We hauled ourselves around two circuits of photos, the running the bases station, the pitching station, the obstacle course and the hitting station. We started about 10:30 in the morning and finished about 3:30 in the afternoon.

All the kids, including both of our boys had a really good time. Jake threw the fastest on his team, which is cool since he is the smallest kid. Tanner threw second hardest on his team and did great in the hitting station. The T-Ball kids are great, but the attention span isn't really there, by the time we got to the hitting station, there were only three kids left to hit.

Games for Jake start this week, Tanner has one more week of practice before he starts games, but our schedule is beyond crazy trying to keep up with both boys schedules as well as therapy appointments and work schedules. Tanner's team has practice on Monday and Wednesday. Jake's team has had practice on Tuesday and Thursday until now. This week he has games on Thursday night and Saturday afternoon. We both know this is the beginning of a new level of craziness that will go on, depending on the season for the next 18 years or so, when all three kids are involved in sports or something else.

So far, Marisa and I still remember

each others names when we pass in the night, but I'm not sure how much longer we'll be able to even say that at this rate. But as I have explained to her, when it gets to be too much. "You better be able to embrace the insanity, because you'll never make it thru otherwise". Enjoy the process, even if the process is slowly driving you stark raving mad. But in the short term, GO ROCKIES (Jake) and GO YANKEES (Tanner)!