After a long softball and baseball season, Madison and her coach convinced us to allow her to tryout for the All Star team. We knew that it would be a big commitment on her part and ours but we decided to go for it. To our amazement Madison made the team. It's not that we didn't think that she's a good player; it's just that it was her 1st year playing softball and there were plenty of other talented players.
Madison plays catcher and right field. Her All Star coach told us one of her favorite things about Maddie is that she has the heart of a ball player. Boy, she really has no idea how much that's true. During the regular season all Madison thought about was softball but now it got worse. The child did nothing but live, eat, breath and sleep softball. She practiced 6 days a week for 2 hours each time. I was attending school in the mornings and taking her to practice in the evening. While her and I did this Steve was at home taking care of Joseph and Evelyn after working a 12 hour day. Then, of course we had to travel to her tournament. Needless to say, we all made big sacrifices to help make it an experience to remember.
She had a wonderful time playing and wouldn't trade the experience. However, Stephen and I are unsure if we will allow her to do this again next season. It was very difficult not just for us to juggle everyone's schedules but it was physically demanding on Madison. Several times she actually fell asleep at the dinner table =( Anyways, I'm not trying to bore anyone with this story but it is by far the most excitement we've seen this summer so far. My school schedule limits our summer activities.
