it happened last night, at Davy’s second game

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David, just now, by my side, in his pajamas, shyly:  “Mom? …. Did you take pictures of me?…  Did you put them on your blog?”

I look at him.  He has his little card in his hand.  It says

CONGRATULATIONS

PLAYER OF THE GAME

on it.

The corners are a little bent already, I’m certain he held it all night.

He explains to me, quietly:  “It was for my outstanding hits.”  (he got a good hit each time he was up to bat)

I ask (thinking that outstanding was a word I hadn’t heard from his vocabulary yet):  “Who told you that?”

He replies:  “The coach.  That’s why I got this.”

Me, waiting, wondering about little boys and baseball, wanting to know more:  “Do you have anything else to say about it?”

Davy, quickly answers:  “May I have pancakes?”

I laugh and say sure.

So I’m off to make my young Player of the Game pancakes for breakfast.

 

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“WHO got Player of the Game?  Our Davy, that’s who!”

EDITED AFTER THE PANCAKES:  (I should mention, that this is all the sweeter, because he hardly knows what he’s doing.  This is his first season to play baseball and has only had a couple of practices.  Last night, at his first time to bat, he stood ON the plate in the lefty position (he’s a righty).  The coach had to go out and move him around while I was blushing for him on the bleachers.  It’s pretty amazing that he ended up getting good hits.  After the game the players were each given a cupcake and he held it and enjoyed it like a special gift.  As I was loading up all the children, I leaned over Davy who was already sitting in his seat.  I was putting baby in her carseat when he got brave enough to show me his little card that said “Player of the Game.”  I almost cried for him, I was so happy.  I patted his arm and looked into his glowing eyes….told him how proud I was of him.  Poor Rich missed it, he’s away on a business trip, but my sister and her children came to watch.  )

 

 

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  4. @down_onthefarm – Thank you!  This is his first season playing ball and he hardly knows what he’s doing.  He even started batting lefty and the coach had to turn him around and get him standing properly.  I was pretty amazed that he got so many hits.  🙂

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  5. shanda, your explanation here just makes him and his certificate of affirmation all that much cuter. sweeter. something! don’t tell him that i wrote cute. it doesn’t sound very baseball-eee. 🙂

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  6. oh, congratulations davy! that’s awesome. and i think pancakes are what all great athletes must eat for breakfast… they make your tummy happy so you play even better!! 🙂

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  18. How exciting!!  Don’t you just love it how they enjoy the game even though they don’t always have a clue about the rules and such.  Just plain ol fun!!

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  38. woohoo David!!!!My siblings and I were not into the sports–we all liked the performing arts…If I ever had wanted to play a sport, I might have gone for volleyball (not a lot of running)

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