Opening Day in the Majors

An outsider might have thought it was opening day for the majors and that Shane was the starting pitcher. That is the fanfare we were making out of Shane's first day of Teeball in Little League. Grandpa Jo even asked Brian for a play by play of Shane's 3 "big" plays in his 30 minute expo game. Yes, it was not even a real game and every kid was able to run in to home plate and I do not think there were any outs. So it was soooo not a real game, seriously, it was a meet and greet with the coach and team. But we were beyond excited. In our excitement to get Shane dressed, I did not take any pictures of him alone. I did get some team pics though.





Shane and James are on the team together and Myann and Bree are the unofficial ball girls. They are much more interested in catching balls than being cheerleaders. Anders just wants to be in the mix. Brian is going to be the unofficial assistant coach. The boys have a female coach who played softball for 14 years, so Brian is pretty excited to have someone who knows about the game. Of course Shane introduced Brian to his coach as, "My daddy used to make moms cry." We have no clue what that meant, but we assume it was meant to imply Brian was a good ball player in his youth, and he was. Shane also told his new coach that his daddy was the best coach ever, very sweet, but not so nice to say to your coach who you met like 30 minutes ago, and is volunteering her time to coach a team of 5 year olds.

This morning, Brian told Shane that he should practice with mom for the week. Shane's reply, "I am the best one on the team, so I don't need to practice. " Wow do we have our work cut out for us, and for the record, Shane is NOT the best on the team, not even close. Some of those boys can catch and throw really well, much better than Shane. So we must kindly explain that he is not the best and needs to practice, without discouraging him because he apparently has a false sense of his skill level. Gotta love the confidence of the Johansen men, they certainly do hold themselves in high esteem.

For the baseball fans, we still do not know if Shane is a righty or lefty. He is batting both. We thought he was right handed and bought him the glove, but he has been wanting to throw with his left, so we may have to get another glove. Also, Shane is number 3 and his team is the Mariners.