My kids go back to school in just a little over two weeks. Insanely early in my opinion. Whatever happened to a three month summer break? For the second year in a row, I'm not ready to let go of summer. Last year we'd been to Hawaii and I was in such a mellow mood, summer could have gone on forever. This year, we've enjoyed TP so much that I'm sorry to see the summer end. Here's how we're wrapping up our final days of summer.
The TP team picnic is this Saturday. I've sort of become the team mom and have been in charge of organizing the picnic. We've reserved a big pavilion at the park and plan to grill hamburgers and hot dogs. Everyone is bringing a picnic dish to share. And between my mom and Coach C's mom, we have some seriously sinful desserts coming. Coach C is, of course, planning a wiffle ball game and J had me buy a bucket of 600 water balloons. It should be a good time.
J leaves for baseball camp at the University of Florida on Sunday. He and his friend R will be rooming together for the four day camp. My mom and I are driving them to Gainesville Sunday morning, then staying for a few hours to watch the camp. R's parents will pick them up Wednesday afternoon.
On Tuesday, I'm transitioning back into my head homeroom mom mode and hosting a get acquainted play date for incoming pk and k students. The school thought this would be a nice, informal way for the kids and parents to meet before the start of school. We're meeting at a park for playtime and light refreshments. A will be starting k this year and she's looking forward to this.
Also next week, TP will be competing in their final tournament of the summer, the USSSA World Series in Kissimmee. There are 60 16U teams entered in this one. It will be interesting to see how TP stacks up against all these quality teams. If they go in with their trademark heart and fire, my guess is they will finish quite well. Maybe even win the whole thing. Wouldn't that be an awesome end to their summer season?
Note above that I said summer season. Originally TP was just going to be a summer season team. We thought we were done at the end of July. And I have to be honest, it made me kind of sad. But, Coach C just told us that we'll be doing a fall season. Hurray! He's going to come home weekends from college to take TP to tournaments. Between Sept and Nov we'll do 4-5 tournaments. Now, I don't know if the entire team knows this yet. Coach C told us when he spent the day with us going to another baseball event J was participating in. I hope everyone is able to do the fall season. We have such a great group of players and parents. Coach C says he's enjoyed this team so much he'd really like to continue on. So we'll do the fall, then take a break during the high school season til next summer.
So that's how we'll be wrapping up our summer. Stay tuned for posts about the TP picnic, J's adventures at UF camp, and TP's final summer tourney.
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