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The Tuesday after spring break, Jesse started blastball!!! This is a version of t-ball for 3 & 4 year olds in which they hit the ball off the tee, run to first base, and jump on it. Why jump? Because the base squeaks, of course! The teams are co-ed with five children each. Everybody on one team hits, and then we switch sides and the other team hits. It is too cute watching these little ones run around the field. My hubby says it's like trying to herd ants, and it sorta is! But the kids are having a BLAST, and that's what it's all about! And it's a good thing that they only play six "games" because I've taken a ton of photos at every single one!!! These are from his very first game on April 13, 2010.

When we arrived at his very first game, I wanted to take some photos of Jesse in his uniform. He told me, take a picture of my back and then he promptly turned around, and said "CHEEEESSSSE!!!" So, although you can't tell it, he is smiling very big in this photo:-) He is very proud of the fact that his Daddy and Uncle Cory sponsored his team and we are certainly blessed that they did. He especially likes having "Tyre" on the back of his jersey.

Once we took a photo of the back of his jersey, Jesse was much more cooperative with taking a face forward picture.

Crushing the ball!

Making that base squeak!!!

Ready to catch the ball!

I got it!!!

The last time the kids hit the ball during this game the coaches let them run all the way around the bases and I got it all on video!