K started T-ball today.
Her aim was pretty good in batting practice.
Catching was probably the hardest the hardest skill for her. She caught some of the balls, although with a group of 3 & 4 year olds, you can imagine how many balls hit the ground & flew in all directions!
They had a running base practice & she did well at that too, tagging every base as she went by & remembering which was 1st, 2nd, 3rd & home & stopping on whichever base she was told to.
The only point in the whole entire practice that I think someone may have picked her out of the group was when she & 2 other little girls ran across the length of 2 ball diamonds & she was about 20 feet behind by the time the arrived at the other side of the field.
The things that stood out in my mind though? My once shy little girl never once needed her mom & didn't even look for me. In a whole new group of people, K was so confidant & self assured out there! She went with the group to every station to practice each new skill. She listened to the instructions so well & never got distracted even once. If I didn't know better, I would never have guessed this was her first practice.
All of the hard work that K & our family has done for the last few years is paying off & I was so proud as I watched my independent little girl tonight!
................& in case you are curious, no, I did not mention on the sign up forms that she has trisomy 21. It is likely that some of the organizers knew because we live in such a small community, but I didn't feel it was relevant & the sign up sheet only asked about medical things & she does not have any medical concerns that would affect her playing T-ball. I am sure that at least one of the coaches had no idea & the one that did has known her since she was born.
Tonight, I am going to bed content. Yes, we still have work to do, but today was another wonderful reminder that we are on the right path.
Way to go K!!! The picture is adorable. :)
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