This would be my Little Leaguer! David didn’t have much interest in baseball until 4th grade.
It was a tradition at his school for the kids to have a campout overnight. While on the campout they played baseball and he fell in love. So much so that he asked for a mitt for Christmas which he got.
Finally, once school was over, the Park and Rec group had T-Ball, Softball and Little League sign ups. David was there, promptly, when the little league registration opened. Practices are at 8am Mon-Thur mornings usually with a couple of games each week. The league is set to last for the months of June and July. He is enjoying it and does a great job of getting himself up early, and getting to practice on time all by himself. I was kind of surprised. I had assumed he was going to expect me to chauffer him to and from practice and I have a couple of times if I was already up and ready to go by 7:55.
David is loving it. Of all the sports he has tried, I think he has the most natural affinity for Baseball…a kid after my own heart. When I bought him a bat to practice hitting with, while at home, I was smart enough to grab some whiffle balls cuz I could remember all the windows and windshields I broke when I played growing up. Little league is really bringing back old memories.
The other thing David is really enjoying this Summer is zooming around the property on his dirt bike. He’s thinking he wants to try racing…I’m thinking he is way too cautious, but who am I to say.
There has been a lot of ballyhoo about whether Mott will keep it’s Moto-cross track or not. The country club next door would really like to get their hands on the property to use for groundskeeping. But the flip side is that the Moto-cross races are one of the few, true, money-making opportunities for the town. So far, no races are planned for 2010, and who knows how it will end up. I would not be heart broken if David wasn’t able to race because it would mean one less thing for me to worry about, but I’m not going to stop him if the chance should arise. In the meantime he has several acres to race around and as long as he minds the newly planted trees, shrubs, and garden, we will be fine.
The newest thing that David is doing to keep himself busy this summer is volunteering at the Nursing Home. This was something he came up with all on his own and only told me about it after he’d gone and made arrangements to work there.
It pleases me to see him so willing to volunteer. Like I said on Facebook earlier, it’s one of those rare chances to glimpse that maybe we are doing an OK job raising him. Although he chastised me because he didn’t think I was as excited for him as I should be. But that’s a discussion for another day.He worked from 9:30 to 11:30 with the Plant Manager doing maintenance type work. Then he came home for a sandwich, and returned to help out in the activities room for the afternoon. He is anxious to return tomorrow and has his alarm clock all set. I thought he was going with me to Dickinson tomorrow to hit the used video game store…nope…that should do wonders for my pocketbook!
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