Tuesday, May 19, 2009

T-Ball

The first night....not so great. But, we're sticking with it. The first twenty minutes she was very very upset...crying pretty hard (and for those who know her, LOUD!). Her teammates were patting her on the back and encouraging her, which is so cute when they're five and six years old :) She got calmed down and spent the next 20 minutes sitting in the bleachers just watching the game. Bob and I get tickled because everyone seems to know Payton and most of them we don't know....we just laugh and say "who was that?" and thankfully they were all rooting for her. Becuase of all the encouragement and attention, she put herself out on the field for the last twenty minutes and hung in there! Now, you never know where you may see her (for instance, she likes to just walk up to the batters and tell them 'hello' instead of staying out in the field to try and catch the ball) and she also likes to just walk up to her teammates in the field and strike up a conversation...so she's all over the place. It really felt good to hear everyone encouraging her and cheering her on when she finally got out there. I think everyone was proud of her - and I think the next game, she might just start out playing with no meltdown. If not, that's ok. She did it, and that's all I can ask for.

5 comments:

sara said...

Yeah for Payton!!! I can't wait to see her play. I think it's great that everyone was encouraging her!!

Noel said...

Good job Payton!!

Heather said...

awwww... that is adorable. Caleb is the same way at baseball. He just walks over and chats, right in the middle of the game. Last time, he had paint on his hand from a project he did that day, and he stood out there in the infield picking at the paint for like 15 mins. Totally oblivious to the world around him. :)

Julie said...

Yeah Peyton. Grace played for the first time last year and had a meltdown the first game and she was 7 so don't feel bad. Also, last year she actually sat down in the outfield. Kids...

Michelle said...

that's great to hear she got herself out on the field for some of the game at least :)