The McCulloch Klan: MIA: Living @ the Ballpark

Since my last post (yes, it was April 14th) we have been EXTREMELY busy. Six out of seven days a week we have either baseball or t-ball practices or baseball or t-ball games. Which translates into...little time left for anything not baseball related.

Riley is playing baseball and doing well. Last night ,the seventh game, he got his first and second hits. His second hit resulted in a HOME RUN!! It was so exciting and he was totally pumped about it. His home run helped out for a win for the Cubs (his team) and he received the game ball!! After the game Riley informed me we need to buy "one of those boxes" to put his ball in so he can put it with all his trophies! He has also been pitching and I am not partial or anything but, I think he just might be the next Nolan Ryan!!

Spencer is playing t-ball and not really caring whether he is there or not. My brother Cody and his wife Christy volunteered to coach the t-ball team and we did our part by having McCulloch Plumbing be the sponsor of the team. Anyway Spencer has been playing catcher, which is absolutely hilarious. He squats down behind the batter with his hand behind his back and does not move from this position until the kids start running home from third at which time he begins to tag them out with no ball, just his glove! Then as the game goes on that catchers helmet gets heavy and every time a ball passes him he puts his face mask in the dirt. The first time he did this I thought he was hurt, BAD. Like serious injuries happen in t-ball. He, as usual, does whatever it takes to be the center of attention. I guess this is the second child syndrome.

Sunday we went to my brothers house for a cookout. Christy set up the slip and slide for the kiddos, I repeat, the kiddos. Cody, after a couple of hours could not take it any longer and had to participate in the slip and slide action. He began to throw the kids down the slip and slide which had us all crying from laughing soooo hard. He could throw Spencer, Cade (their oldest), and Cole (their youngest) with no problem but he had to have help throwing Riley after his first attempt at throwing him landed them both on the ground. It was the funniest when he would throw Cole because he is so light he would skip down the slip and slide and plop right over the end into the grass. After throwing them became boring Cody started going down with the kids on his back. Have you ever heard of piggyback slip and slide. The kids eat him up because he gets in there and has just as much fun as they do.

I promise I will try to keep up with the blog better. Baseball is almost over (June 23rd) and t-ball will be over this Saturday (June 14th) so i should have a little more time on my hands. Take care and I will be updating soon.

Spencer in all of his catchers gear!