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T-Ball Summer Program Fun

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Love the way Jayde captioned this! Smiling at 3rd base It has been such a busy few months, I never was able to brag on my little man about his summertime T-Ball Adventure.  Auntie Jayde took some amazing photos, and I have to share them here.   First, I will say that my son was far more interested in swimming.  He's a fish, and loves his lessons and any time he can get in the water.  But let's face it, swimming isn't very picture friendly.  Besides, we wanted him to experience a team sport and it was a first trial in the arena of "team".  The biggest disadvantage was we live in Arizona and it was a summer league, so it was HOT HOT HOT to say the very least. Rhett did really pretty well considering he was practicing in over 100 degree heat on most days, and playing games weekly as well.  We went through a lot of gatorade. Some games were as late as 7:30 start, which is late for a 3 year old.  He had also never had a real experience of playing a game like

1st Day of School

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Ready for School! The day has arrived.  My "baby" is no longer a baby.  Frankly, I've known this for awhile now.  It's not a secret.  It's been clearly evident for a few years really.  Just watch him walk, talk, jump, run, kiss the girls, talk back, get crazy, be sassy, be RHETT! Today, was the first "official" day of Rhett being enrolled in a "real" pre-school.  Not just daycare, or fancy summer programs.  Really a focused curriculum with a learning environment, social skills and a whole lot of expectation from the teachers, peers, (and his parents)! So, today there were many kids going back to school.  I saw lots of cute faces, and fancy clothes posted in pictures all over the net.  I found myself smiling at them all.  Excited for all those kids, parents and teachers.  Most of them were the little kiddos belonging to my family or close friends who also have kids heading to school.  Facebook is such an amazing invention, to be able