Tball pictures

Pearl had her last Tball game tonight. Full details on my daily blog.

Cole, aka Assistant Coach, always does warm-up batting before getting kicked off the field when the game starts. He is so funny! He clenches his teeth, squats down, stares intently at the balls, holds this stance for 30 seconds, and then WACK! The kid is seriously as good as anyone on the team!

 

 

 

My mom and dad drove down to surprise us all! I didn't think they were going to make it. Pearl was able to have all four of her grandparents and Aunt Kimmy come to one of her games this season. A big thanks to our family for all their support. Pearl (and Cole) loved having them at the games.

Every time it was our team's turn to bat, Jeff would line up the kids in numerical order. The last kid was the "home run" hitter. He was lucky if the kids stayed put like this for more than three minutes. My job at the games was to get the next batter suited up and ready to go.

Pearl improved a lot this season. She could usually hit the ball coach's pitch style rather than using the tee.

 

 

The after-game cheer. And the kids attempting to tackle Jeff. It became the kids' favorite part of the entire game! One game, the entire other team joined in the tackling... with one mom yelling, "That's not your coach!"

 

 Trophies for a season well-played! Pearl kept telling us she wanted to show Uncle Kurtis her trophy.

 

Pearl told us today that after Tball, she's going to take swimming and then ballet. We're hoping to distract her with soccer instead of dance again but I'm afraid we might lose that battle.

Graduation Day

With my self-imposed blog diet - it didn't help with the actual diet idea - I've let a lot of events slip by without documenting them.

Time to get caught up.

Pearl had her school program last week. It's hard to believe all these kids are five and six years-old. Some are even graduating from the kindergarten program and won't be back next year. It's kind of sad. Most of them have been together at the daycare since they were babies. And it's weird to think Pearl will be one of the "big girls" next year.

They each drew a picture of themselves and their class.

Since Pearl's kindergarten is part of our daycare and most of the kids had been there since early in the morning, her teacher kept the program short and sweet. Each kid had a letter - which all together spelled out "kids love learning" - and recited something they learned in school that started with their letter. Pearl's was "O". Since she remembers EVERYTHING, she recited perfectly, "O is for orbit the path our planets take. It takes 365 days for the Earth to go around the sun."

 

Then Ms. Penny presented each kid a certificate and told a little bit about them. Ms. Penny told Pearl is friends with everyone in class and that she remembers everything, so she has to be careful about what she says in front of her. Pearl also read 38 books this year. Wow! 

 

Cole was a little pill. When he figured out he wasn't the center of attention, he decided to make himself at home smack dab in the middle of the program. Not even a piece of chocolate cake - Pearl said her class voted on what treat to have afterwards - could stop the whining, flailing around, and finger sucking. What's up with the finger sucking lately anyway? Ugh. So gross. 

Pearl has done so well this year in school. Her behavior was marked outstanding, she read 38 books, made lots of new friends - including a new boyfriend, Rylan (he's holding the letter "S" two kids to the left of Pearl), learned all kinds of things about animals and planets and habitats just to name a few, does simple math problems, identifies simple and complex patterns, and only lost one star on their behavior board the entire year! She is such a smart little girl. Sassy but smart. Just like her momma!