Birthday Boy

My oldest son Zachary turned 11 yesterday.  He had a pretty great day.  He started it off by going to fishing camp at a nearby lake with some other kids.  He caught a bunch of crawfish.  Then we went to his birthday lunch at Red Lobster (his choice for crab legs!).  Zack and Jake were not too happy with us when we wouldn't let them take the crawfish home with us!  We were going straight to lunch, and then a few other places.  We weren't going to be home for hours, so we didn't want their catch stinking up our car!  He had crab legs, a strawberry smoothie, and cheesecake.  Perfect meal!  Then we went to Target and he got a new fishing pole.   Then last night, he played in the All Stars baseball game.  It was a great game.  Then in the last inning, his team was winning 11-8 (but the other team had just had a hitting streak and got a home run), bases were loaded, and Zack's coach put him in to pitch!  Holy moly!  He hadn't pitched in a year.....since the baseball season before this one!  He had been mostly playing 3rd base this year.  So anyways, no pressure at all, right?  Bases loaded, tying runs on base....Zack goes to warm up and while doing so, accidentally hits the umpire in the chest with the ball!  Oh Lord, this is not going well! 

I was so nervous, so I got up and went and hid out in the bathroom while he was pitching!   Nervous Nellie over here!  And you get in trouble at these games if you try to coach them from the sidelines or say too much stuff.

So while I am hiding out like a wimp in the bathroom, I hear screams from the crowd.  OH NO!  Are they from our team or the other team?

No pressure at all for my kid on the pitcher's mound!  HA!  Oh, and did I mention that the game was supposed to start at 8:00 PM?  Well, we were waiting on the ump....for an hour and a half!  He was umping another game at the field next to ours, and it went into overtime.  Sheesh!  So Zack's game finally ended at 11:30.  He's on the pitcher's mound dead tired at 11:20 PM!  Isn't that nuts?  The games are at a central location in a different city.  We got home at 1:00 AM!  YIKES!

Oh so I didn't mention the outcome yet?!  haha!  Zack worked some magic out there for sure, and his team won!  And the best part?  Wait for it.....he got the game ball for "the save"!  What a great birthday present!

The perfect ending to a wonderful birthday!