Reds

Davey played on the Reds this year.  He had great coaches and a great team. His main struggle is to figure out how not to coach every other player.  Ever the helpful one, Davey has lots of suggestions for his teammates that he shares with them loudly and without request.  "Keep your bat level or you will never hit the ball!" or "You gotta throw it harder!"  His coaches remind him frequently to leave the coaching to them. He even shakes his head in frustration and puts his head in his hands like many people who play coaches on tv and in the movies. If Davey ever becomes a professional coach one day (which I totally could see), let's go ahead and call it now that this was his passion and persona from a very young age.

Notice anything unusual in this picture?  We lost David's Cincinnati Reds baseball hat around halfway through the season. I substituted this Cubs hat because it was red and had a big C and I figured close enough, right?  It did make it easier to spot my kid on the field.  I sorta got away with the substitution until we played...the Cubs.

But helping all of the kids keep their things organized is one of my biggest challenges as a parent.  I used to think I was organized.  Until I had kids.  And then I realized that I am sort of organized, but I have just enough organizational skills for one person.  Add three more to my responsibility and the true me emerges as unorganized.  If you asked my friends and colleagues, I think most people would say I am decently organized, but there is a difference between thorough and responsive versus a true type-A organized individual.  I am the former, not the latter.  Add two baseball teams, two soccer teams, one lacrosse team, religious education classes and gymnastics plus accompanying gear and we are frequently missing a thing or two.

And that Reds hat never did show up again all season.  Who knows where it got to.