Sports

While I don't necessarily see athletic scholarships in our future (except maybe a wrestling one for Reese?), sports are mandatory around here.  At least giving them a shot is.  Ryan had her first soccer lesson of the year after three rained out weekends.  Thankfully her bff Amelia (in pink) is playing along side her.

 Man down...

 At one point, Ryan and Amelia were completely oblivious to the 'game' going on and standing around a patch of dandelions discussing god knows what.  I don't have a picture of that sadly, but close your eyes and visualize two disinterested little girls, Ryan twirling one pigtail, backs to all the action, two moms on the sidelines pleading with them to pay attention.

 She volunteered to be goalie.  Mainly because there isn't much moving around required.  Awesome.  Time to rev up the exercise routine.

 Soccer with attitude.

 Apparently waiting for your turn is very taxing on the little frame....

We are officially parents.  Almost five years later, I can say with certainty we are parents.  I had to buy our first 'sport' chair on Amazon.  We've never really had a need for portable seats before.  Now with soccer and tennis, I giddily bought our first one.  And it came just in time as Grant threw his back out while in Belgium last week (and then had to fly home 9+ hours...in coach...with no good pain meds...the horror).  

 For Mother's Day we were out at my folks house and a little wiffle ball game ensued...strategy discussion or fighting over the bats?  You decide.

 The 'dugout'

 Grandma throws a mean curve ball and Emerson was batting .500 - impressive on both counts.

 Oh Reese.  She wanted ZERO help - "I do it myself thank you"

 If right-handed doesn't yield the results you want, try left.

Both my girls need a refresher course in baseball (and 'sportsmanship' in general)....neither dropped the bat after they got a hit and Ryan would run the bases, bat in hand, swinging at anyone trying to get her out.   Extreme softball, Ryan edition.