Play Ball!

Thanks to the Texas Rangers, my son has found a new love.  Ever since the Rangers made it to the World Series, baseball fever is strong in his veins and he is in L.O.V.E. 

Pitching in Poppa & Nonna's kitchen as one of the Playoff Games were on 

Watching a World Series game and batting alongside the team!

Now don't you worry, Pixar CARS is still his #1 love, but I'm beginning to think that Baseball and the Rangers are a close second!  Everytime a game is one - since the playoffs - Austin's glued to the T.V.  If he spots a Rangers logo and he calls out, "Lets Go Rangers! Lets Go!"  When he sees a baseball he calls out "Go Rangers"  Austin asks daily when he can watch baseball and we sadly have to tell him he has to wait till February when the season starts again. 

For his 2nd birthday we purchased a Tee Ball set for him.  He played with it a few times here and there but no real excitement. . . until he saw what the Baseball players on TV were doing.  He gets that toy out every single chance he can get and won't put it away! 

As parents, you want to support anything your child loves.  Well we try to foster Austin's interests as best we can by giving him the tools to express himself.  For example: he loves music, so we've let him bang on pots/pans, purchased a kids style piano/drum toy, had sing-a-longs, given him guitars.  He loves his CARS - and well as you all know, he knows ALL of their names and can even disect the movie from scene to scene!  And now, baseball. 

Recently, Scott purchased a toddler-sized baseball glove and soft ball at Toys-R-Us and Austin won't ever put it down!  He practically begs to sleep with it!  It's so adorable.  He spots the glove and ball in the am, grabs Daddy's glove and wants to "pay baseball"

AND NOW OUR FAVORITE PICTURE. . .

We can't wait till this summer or next to put him into T-ball!