This week brought some big moments for the kids. The week started with Merrick going big time. Monday afternoon he got called upon to play up on his cousin's 13u team. He had a great game with a hit and playing first base most of the game. In the second to last inning, the other team had the game in hand so the coach let Merrick pitch. He had never pitched at the full 60.5 major league distance before, so it was a bit of a gamble. The first inning he faced 4 batters. He had 2 strikeouts, 1 walk, and a groundout. After that inning the other team's coach came to talk to the ump. He thought Merrick was in high school and he wanted the ump to talk to him. Obviously, Merrick confirmed that he is just in 6th grade and he was allowed to pitch again in the next inning. In the next inning Merrick got a strikeout but then hit the next batter who stole around to end the game on "mercy rule". Merrick, however, did a fantastic job on his first big time pitching experience.
Carrigan also had a big moment this week as well. Her "Activity Day Girls" group has had several activities in a row that have built on each other. First they talked about styling themselves and talked about colors and hair styling. The next activity, they talked about budgeting and went shopping for clothes in their colors. This week was the culmination and they had a fashion show to show off everything they have learned. They modeled in four categories, fancy, casual/sporty, night time, and budget. She even got to model her new purse she just finished sewing. Carrigan was a natural in her big time moment and enjoyed strutting her stuff.
Not to be left out, Elsie took her own big time moment walking the runway after the show was done. Nobody puts baby in a corner.
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