I feel like I am day late and dollar short here as I didn't get a chance to write up the blog yesterday, but I would be remiss if I didn't take the time to share with you last week's exciting wrap up of 2nd grade and the baseball season. In a lot of ways 2nd grade was a tough one for Merrick. He didn't get the teacher he wanted and, while I think the teacher he got was the right one for him in the end, he had a rough start feeling bad that he wasn't in the class he wanted. He also had some rough times with friends this year. In the end though, he made it through another year. I am seriously so proud of the young man he is turning into. On the last day of school a teacher's aide stopped me to tell me that Merrick was one of the all time kindest children she had ever met. It is not unusual for people to tell me things like that about him and I always say that I can't take any credit for it. That is just who he is. So we wrapped up the year on a high note, both socially and academically.
The other wrap up we had this week was baseball. The regular season actually ended the week before with a round robin tournament with all the teams in the league. Merrick's team won that tournament with just one loss in all the games. This past week though we decided to extend the season with a pay to play tournament. We played all-star teams from around Oregon and Washington and were told to expect to get crushed. While we did lose all three games Merrick played in (we didn't let him play the Sunday games so I am not sure how those went), we held our own and didn't get crushed. The highlight of it all was a three run triple that Merrick hit. He ended up being voted MVP of the game by the other team. He was beyond excited. It was a great end to a great baseball season.
Now I am ready for a little down time off the baseball diamond and a slower start to the summer. We will see...
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