MVP!!

So for weeks we have been telling Xavier to pay more attention during his tee ball games and he may be the MVP for the day. See, in tee ball, it is had for 5 and 6 year old to stay focused for more then 1 inning. They set up the games fair, every person get to bat, they take one base. Then the last batter on the team gets to hit the home run!! That's always the best part. Well, when your team is done batting, it is time to take the field, which is always a madhouse. 10 kids all fighting for the same spot, the pitchers mound. Well, after the first batter, one kid is bound to find the dirt more interesting then watching another kid hit the ball. Then after 2 or 3 more batters, there are 3 or 4 kids playing in the dirt. See how this can go after 10 or 15 batters!

Well the coach came up with a great idea, well a couple great ideas. The kids have a rotating position where they don't play the same spot twice in the game. So when they take the field they all rotate to the left one spot, and it keeps them in a certain position. That works for about 3 batters. So he came up with another way to keep them interested. The MVP of the game. Well, there are 2 MVP's because of the short schedule, but it works. They get a game ball, with there name and date written on it, with MVP in big letters. Little to some, great for the kids. The thing is, they have to pay attention to the whole game, batting and fielding, and maybe they will be MVP. Well, this weekend was the second to last game, and by the third inning, Xavier can always be found staring off into nothing, or playing in the dirt. Not this weekend. He had his eyes on the prize. The whole game was full of focus. When a batter came to the plate, he had his hand on his knees ready for the hit. When hitting, it took no more then 3 pitches to hit the ball.

Well at the end of the game, during the team huddle, it finally came, "Today's MVP of the game is......Xavier!" He was so excited. He turned at his mom and me with the biggest smile on his face and said that he had done it! The first thing he asked was if it was a trophy that he could put in his room with the other trophies. We told him of course it was. So this weekend, on the way to daddy's house, we are going to make a quick pit stop to the baseball store, to get his trophy case! After 15 weeks of tee ball, the day had finally come.....he was an MVP!!