T-Ball Time!

So, Sawyer became a huge fan of baseball this past season as he joined Eddie in cheering on the SF Giants to the World Series. We decided to ride this passion into t-ball. We signed him up without discussing it much with him because....well, he is a bit of a chicken. :) He has a lot of anxiety about new things. While he usually enjoys everything once he is there, often the anxiety over the unknown is overwhelming for him. We mentioned this t-ball thing to him once and he swore he would NEVER do it. Eddie and I went back and forth on what our job, as parents, was in this situation. Should we protect him from those fears and listen to his requests to not play OR should we push him to challenge those fears. We chose the latter.

Anyway, we are now a few practices and 2 games into the season and he loves it. These photos are from his first game on march 12th. He looked like such a pro out there and we are so proud of him. He is #6 on the A's.