First Baseball Practice with the new League

We had done some research before moving to Arizona and found another special needs baseball league in Surprise. I think that was one of reasons we were drawn to the city. Tonight was the first night of buddy baseball! And once again, daddy was convinced to be coach! Daddy was also able to convince our friend Eric to be a buddy!
We arrived at the park a little early and were able to walk around and sight see. We discovered a replacement for "Halleck Park". We loved taking the kids to the duck pond in Papillion and I think we might have just found something similar. The ducks were hungry and swarmed to get a couple bites of the cereal we could smuggle away from Brilyn. There's fishing at the pond too! Can't wait to come back and have a picnic and go fishing. Maybe on Saturday before the next baseball game.
Things are run a little different here than what we are used to. It was only a problem for one member of our family. The buddies in this program are required to be at least 12 years old. Jayen's buddy and dad's ball boy is not 12 years old. Dalan was so upset he wasn't able to help. He was kind of rudely escorted off the field and told he couldn't help. I'm a little disappointed as well. I'm not sure why they would every shoo away volunteers. I also think some of the best volunteers would be the people who spend the most time with the kids.
The first game/practice was fun; Eric definitely got a work out following Jayen around, Matt made quite an impression on some of the kids, and Jayen smiled nearly the entire time. Can't wait to play again on Saturday!