Tee Ball

I keep telling Ryan that I am sure there are so many people who think we are absolutely crazy for signing our TWO year old up for tee ball. Ryan's response is who cares what other people think. The ones that know Nolan know how much this kid loves sports in general, let alone baseball. Truth. 

The attention span and persistence Nolan has amazes me. He not only "practices" playing baseball every day, by his choice. He asks to watch baseball on TV. He then asks questions about the game, "is that a foul ball?", "look he caught it, that's an out!", "if you get 3 strikes you're out, right daddy?".  

He was more than excited when we told him we signed him up to play on a team and the best part, daddy is his coach! He had an added bonus when he found out that his BFF (and future wife) Quinn signed up to play on his team! 

Needless to say, I DON'T regret signing him up for a team sport at his age. He more than keeps up with the 3 and 4 year olds (being that he is only a few shy weeks from turning 3 anyways) and he absolutely loves it. Sure, the first few weeks he was probably the only one playing in a pull up and he cries over the most minor things. That is ok though because he wants to play, is learning the game and is making new friends. It's a win in our book. 

Yes, it's tee ball. There is no winning and no losing. No outs, and everyone hits. However, I will forever remember his very first week playing because even though it doesn't count it was still unbelievable to see-- Nolan ran to field the ball and threw it to Quinn playing first base. Quinn got the ball and stepped on first base. This happened 3 times. Yes, they recorded 3 outs in one inning together. It's like they have chemistry or something. ;)  

I hope Nolan and Quinn remain teammates for a long time because I love watching and cheering for these two.