North West Little League

Jaret loves ball.  He is even more engaged than he ever has been.  He follows it more with having gone to some games with his Dad and with playing Beat the Steak.  In fact, he is playing against Terry and his cousin Justin.  He and Justin have a little bet going on and if Jaret beats Justin, Justin owes him three jugs of milk.  Haha!  You heard me right - he is betting Justin for milk as his drink of choice.  Makes me laugh every time.  Especially when recently Jaret was in the lead and started saying, "I'm going to call Justin and tell him to pay up.  Go buy that milk!"  I love that Jaret is passionate about ball.

Jaret had a fun season of ball and stayed positive, even when it was hard.  They didn't win many games but Jaret played with heart and he developed his skills over the season.  He has become quite the little pitcher.  He has developed a better stance at the plate and follows through on his swing.  However, it seems that the kids get a little nervous during games and don't hit like they do when they are just practicing.

Jaret has learned about good sportsmanship, especially when they have played against some teams that don't always show that same sportsmanship.  Jaret says his highlight was when he got hits that got him on base.  He also really liked pitching, especially when he pitched strikes to get players out.  Jaret thought it was great that his dad could coach again this year and be there for every game.  Due to the fact that his games fell on Tuesday and Thursday nights, meant that Kirra and I couldn't be at the games as often because I was coaching Kirra's soccer team on the same nights.  We did manage to make it to a couple games, including one last night and one today as the teams were in a tournament.  Jaret loves baseball so much that even when he isn't playing, he is talking about it, watching it through MLB.tv and currently he and Kirra are watching "Everyone's Hero."  It is such a cute, animated movie about a boy, named Yankee, who helps to return Babe Ruth's stolen bat to him during a slump in the World Series.  Jaret would love to become a major league baseball player - such a dream - to so many little boys.

Little pitcher

Coach Dad helping with his batting stance.

A proud Dad and Coach!

Striking the batters out!

Jaret up to bat...