Timmy's 2014 Sports - Fall - A Ball and Soccer

In the fall Timmy, and Tim, graduated to A Ball which is coach pitched instead of hitting off the tee.  It was a big change for everyone!  The kids really got the hang of fielding during this season!  The games even started moving a little faster with outs ending some innings instead of the 4 run cap.  The batting improved a lot too; it was a very developmental season!

Sooo many pitches for coach, this is (part) of one at bat!

Timmy also played soccer in the fall, which he had only been playing indoor winter soccer for the past few years.  One day Nate was supposed to come over to play, but it depended on whether his big brother James had soccer or not, depending on rain.  When I told Timmy that, he looked confused for a moment, then said, "Do you mean he plays soccer outside? I want to do that!"  So, we signed him up for soccer as well!  I was a little worried it would be too much for Timmy, especially on Saturday with morning soccer followed by Baseball.  Timmy was fine, but it wore us, and Tyler, out!

Lining back up for kick off after his first goal of the season!

Every.single.game.  Timmy took it a little personally, but the poor kid must have been growing!

Timmy is a very defensive soccer player.  He is far more concerned with not being scored on then with being the one to score any goals.  Even when assigned to playing Forward...  Unfortunately his coach, while I'm sure a very nice person, and obviously a volunteer, was not much of an actual coach, which made it frustrating to watch.  (Like when, during the 3rd game of the season, our team still didn't know how kick offs work...)  But Timmy had a lot of fun, which is the most important part!  And if he plays soccer again, we know of a couple different coaches to request now!

Always into the celebration!

Tyler Playing

These pictures from the end of September 2014 were probably meant to be part of a monthly update that got missed... and they are definitely still worth sharing.  Tyler and Timmy have quite a collection of Imaginext Superheroes and for a time they were the go to toy for imaginative play at our house.  They still make their way out pretty often.  They are perfect for toddlers because they are almost lego size, but they don't come apart so they are less of a choking hazard.  They are also easier to make stand up.  Especially after going to see Marvel Live, some pretty elaborate fight scenes went on in our basement.  This particular evening, it was just Tyler and I at home, he had been playing quietly for a while when I snuck the camera out and started taking these.  I love how he is either concentrating or smiling in every single one.

Marvel Live

Last September we were treated to tickets to Marvel Live by Uncle Joe and Lindsey, who got them through work.  I personally went to the show with zero expectations and I ended up being extremely impressed by the show!  The story line worked in every major hero and villain, but Iron Man and Spider Man were the main stars, with Loki as the main bad guy.  A few fight scenes went a little long, but the story was good, special effects were impressive, and they used projection lighting to change the backgrounds and even the floor covering very convincingly!  There were motorcycles, explosions, and flying vehicles and super heroes!  It was so much fun, Tyler asked for weeks if we could go again!

 All smiles during intermission!

Timmy's 2014 Sports - Spring T Ball

In Spring 2014 Timmy played his last season of T-Ball!  It was a really fun season!  We knew a lot more kids on the team, either from previous seasons or from the neighborhood.  The kids really started to get the hang of fielding which was so fun to watch!  We also had a parent, Mark, who is an avid amateur photographer, so we got hundreds of great shots from the season!  (Mark's son has a spot held for him on all our future teams!  He also helps me out on the FMES yearbook by being my photographer at big school events!)  The collages are grouped by individual practices or games, in chronological order.  Timmy suffered his horrible eye injury at the start of the season, which is why he has sunglasses and the masked batting helmet on at the end of the season.  Luckily he only missed a little bit of the season.

Good try, Buddy!

I love the celebration!

Check out Timmy's face in the bottom right pic, so excited Aiden caught his throw from Pitcher and is getting the out!

Baseball Ready

The team sold coupon books for a Reston Little League Fundraiser and Tim pushed for each player to sell the minimum 10 coupon books a piece for the team to win a Laser Tag Party, and the players came through!  It was so much fun and a free end of year party to wrap up an awesome season.  Coach Tim passed out medals to all of the players, and he even earned a trophy himself, for his last season of coaching T-Ball, for this son anyways...