Softball update

Wow! I'm behind again! On May 14th, Mika's team had their last regular season game and took home their coveted first place trophies. This was a big deal for the girls because now that they're 7-8 years old, ONLY first place finishers get a trophy. It was HUGE, too! In another couple of weeks, the girls will play their championship game (although with 3 teams in the division, I'm baffled why there NEED to be "play-offs") and hopefully, win another trophy. I'm really bummed that I'll be missing the game - but I committed to being in a soccer tournament (that day) about 7 weeks ago. It's too late to back out because the captain won't be able to fill my spot. However, it's actually pretty stressful for me to watch Mika's games (they're very tense with excitement) - I would hate to see them lose but I'll be sad if I miss seeing them win. Oh, well! I'm sure Mika will be happy to give me the game details later.

Although Marika's softball season is over (her last game was marred by the coaches yelling at the other team's coaches and vice versa - geez, what a terrible lesson for the kids!), Mika will be playing for most of the summer because she made the All Stars team! We were very surprised to hear they started that young but we were very proud of Mika for making the team. Her coach applied for and got the All Stars coaching position and he basically ended up taking his infield with him. Although the coach totally forgot to call us about the first parent meeting, he did remember to call us for the first practice. We had expected to be at the ballpark from 9-12 on Sunday but as things turned out, the girls had a pick-up game and Mika did not get back home until after 3 pm. Poor kid... you could tell she was starting to fade by 12:30. However, they played an older team (8-year olds) who was used to kid-pitching and TIED them! Mika's team was lucky to have one girl who had been practicing pitching for some time at home - she pitched the entire game and even got a few strike-outs. Mika struck out for the first time ever - and cried, of course. But, at least she got it over with!

And yes, that is how we spent our wedding anniversary! It's odd to know that I've been with my husband for most than half my life now - although it's honestly really hard to remember life before him. :)