well, AJ has arrived. it's clear he thinks so, at least! Saturday was the opening day of his instructional baseball league, and he is on the Blue Jays team. complete with the Jays hat and everthing....Tim Horton's sponsored the shirts, which is why they say "Timbits", but each of the four teams is actually named after a MLB team...a funny thing was when AJ came home, and i was figuring out the team breakdown and sponsor thing, AJ announced "our shirts say Timbits on them because Timbits is short for Blue Jays." hmmm....okay!)
the above picture kind of looks like a wrestling stance...still transitioning, perhaps...
pure sweetness to see his joy in finally getting to play on an actual team, just like his big brother Hudson! double joy at the realization that he was on the Jays team (and not the Astros, Cardinals or Tigers). AJ knows, after all, that this is the best team to land on! (ahem....seven game winning streak?!?!) especially because his daddy records every game, Hudson gets right into every inning he sees, and we've even been to see a couple games over the past two summers. peer pressure, perhaps, but put all of this together and AJ is aware. it's almost like he's on the farm team roster! sort of. kind of. ok, not at all, but it sounds fun! :)
funny how this has changed his observation of baseball in just a couple days. Saturday we noticed he didn't take off his hat until bedtime, and he's never been a fan of wearing hats. his nighttime prayer went like this, "thanks that i could have a fun day, thanks that i could play baseball and be a Blue Jay..." Sunday afternoon, he was engaged with the game playing out on our TV screen. watching intently, cheering, like he had ownership of the team and their outcome. then in the afternoon there was ball practice in the back yard. yesterday he was pitching to Hudson in the basement. it is all super fun to see and we feel abundantly blessed to give him this opportunity in this great country we live in...
and now, to top it all off (or lop it all off, i should say), tonight Jeff gave AJ and Hudson haircuts. there isn't much left! i'll be happy to see a bit of re-growth, but they are thrilled! this picture of a mini Jose Reyes popped up on my phone while i was at the soccer field....i really did laugh out loud...
the brown boys are so excited about their new look. as i was walking out of their room at bedtime AJ said to Hudson "hey Hudson, tomorrow we are going to be sooo jacked about our haircuts!" oh dear...maybe the next haircuts should happen on a weekend for the sake of their teachers... :)
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