Batter Up!

This year was the first year for Harper to play "pitching machine" softball.  Part of her team from last year moved up and they named themselves the Critters!  Our season ended just last week, but we were supposed to end weeks earlier and we didn't even get to make up several of our games.  It was a very rainy spring and this did not help the softball field stay playable. 
It took Harper almost all season to "connect" with the ball.  She was so used to hitting it everytime off the tee in t-ball, that this was a shock to her system...and her ego.  She was upset at first but decided to concentrate her efforts in the field.  The first several games, she did an excellent job stopping the ball and getting it to where it needed to go.  Once it got hot out though, she quickly lost interest as each game went on.  In fact, the last game of the season...I couldn't figure out why she wasn't putting her glove down to stop the ball and come to find out...her glove was full of sunflower seeds.  That little turkey!  The next inning...I assure you...her glove was empty! :)
Back to batting...she did try hard at the batting cages, but with such huge breaks between games (due to rain) she lost momentum.  It really took until the last 3-4 games of the season for her to realize that she could hit the ball!  She was so proud of herself.  Her follow-thru still needs a little work and she hit right to the first baseman multiple times...even fast runners get out then!   The third to the last game of the season...Harper hit a great hit out to short stop and she got on 1st base.  The other girls on the team hit behind her and she was batted in to score a run! Woohoo!  Softball is a work in progress, but Harper loves it and she always asks when the next practice or game is.  Now...we wait until next year!