Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Pink Panthers






Claire decided to try playing softball this year.  I was a little bit worried for a while there.   She had a rough go of it.  Claire was so excited for her first practice and to meet her coach and we had been practicing outside for a few weeks beforehand.  And then at her very first practice she was trying to catch a ball and it ended up hitting her in the face.   I saw it happen and I kept expecting her to run over to me but she toughed it out.  Afterward she told me that she really wanted to cry because it hurt so bad but instead she just let her eyes water up for a minute.  However the damage was done and for the next month she refused to catch the ball unless it was a ground ball.  About the same time she was up at bat and the ball ended up hitting her so then she was also nervous about going to bat and she struck out at every game for several weeks.  Then one day she decided that striking out wasn't so fun and she was tired of being the catcher and she wasn't going to be scared anymore.  After that she hit the ball almost every time she was up to bat and she got to play a position other than catcher and best of all....Claire decided that playing softball was really fun. 



Crue made friends with this cute boy and they were practically inseparable at every game.  


 The first time she got to play something other than catcher.  She was pretty excited.

Claire loved it when she would get a bunch of family cheering her on.  The only rule was that we couldn't cheer for her until after she hit the ball.  Apparently cheering for her as she was up at bat made her nervous.  At this game she had quite the crew cheering her on...Aunt Steph, Rilynn, Grandma Jordan, Mom, Caitlynn, Anna, Dad, and Crue.  Grandma and Grandpa Holly made it to almost every game too.

  Claire lost her first tooth about an hour before her softball game.  She had been waiting months for that first tooth to fall out and the tooth to replace it had already come in but wasn't close enough to push this one out of the way.  She was so excited for the tooth to come out and she told all our neighbors and then told everyone at the softball game too.



 Some of her biggest fans.

Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Megan came out to watch a game too.  Claire was so excited to see them.


 Every time I see her visor I just smile.  At one of the games she decided she needed to write her name on it so it wouldn't get lost.  So she did just that....on top of the visor and last name spelled wrong.  I absolutely love it. 
  Good job Claire.  We had so much fun watching you learn and grow.  We loved coming to all your games and cheering you on. 

0 comments: