Pooks Canyon

Tonight we saw the Rockies play the Padres. Rockies "untied" the game in bottom of the ninth... I was glad both because the Rockies won AND because they did it without extra innings. Axel hammed it up all night long. Leah and Dara enjoyed the game.

Leah's little league team got invited to Coors Field to watch the Rockies play the Royals (Rockies lost in extra innings). So last weekend we all packed up and headed to Denver. They got to parade around the warning track before the game. Leah said she just wanted to know if it was "spongy". Here they are, parading,. I took this photo from the nosebleed section using my zoom lens. Leah is number 5. Cubbies on the big screen. Leah was on it, too but I didn't take the picture in time. Here is Axel with dada (he says dada constantly now... to everybody). Baby "faux"hawks are quite popular. Dada gets hairstyling credits. They call this a helmet sundae, Leah said it was a really good sundae. Jon said the ice cream was low grade. To his credit, it was a pretty long day for a little baby.

Click To Play So in AA Minors Little League, 4 balls and the tee comes out (this is because very few pitchers at this level can consistently pitch into the strike zone). Without this rule the game would be a series of walks. You get one swing at the tee; you miss you're out. Why am I explaining all this? Here is video of Leah's at bat in which the tee eventually comes out. By the way, she was 2 for 2 and scored a run, her team won 10-8. She was awarded the game ball by her coach for her effort sliding into second base on a close play. The Cubbies are 5-1-1 which I believe makes them #1 in the league!

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Leah got a base hit and scored a run!

So after I went 0 for 40 at the Hardball slow-pitch -in which Leah was batting about .700- she says, "Don't be afraid of the ball Mommy. You're the one with the stick." I switched to softballs.

Beautiful Sunday morning at the Gateway Fun Center.

Here is Leah celebrating her team's victory in their first game of the season with an icy cold one (Sprite). The Cubs are the best little group of baseball players I have ever seen in this age group. Leah got a base hit and was looking good.

North Boulder Little League celebrated opening day today and all teams were photographed. I just hovered near the photographer to get this pic. Notice that Leah is in the back, middle. This is where they put the tallest person on the team.

Leah and I made this cake for the Cake Walk at the Little League Opening Day carnival tomorrow. Remember cake walks? I always loved them when I was a kid... a child that owns an entire cake is a rich child. Leah hopes to garner a cake for herself tomorrow. If she does, should I let her keep it in her room?