Nathan's First Game

Monday night was Nathan's first game. It was against the dreaded Sanford team. Sanford is serious about their baseball. They have a pitching coach (I've heard) that works with their boys and they practice every Monday through Friday in April to get ready for the season. So they are serious. And they are good. So we didn't win the game.

Nathan played shortstop for four innings.

Then he pitched the last two innings. He faced 14 batters and struck out 4.

And he got the only hit of the game, a single to leftfield. He stole second but was stranded. Before the game, we talked about what he should define a successful game as. He decided that he would have a successful game if he had fun playing, he struck out some batters, and he got a hit. He achieved all three things so despite the loss, he was happy with his performance.

It was still cold. Deborah ventured outside to sit with a friend, but the rest of us stayed in the van and watched from the warm inside.

And now for something completely different. My dh picked these from my flower garden (with my permission) for me. I was so pleased that they have stayed nice for a couple of days. Like our chicken salt and pepper shakers?