Fall Ball and more

Every fall weekend has been consumed with baseball.  Usually both days, with a practice sometime during the week!

Since the Phils made an early exit, someone has to keep playing, right?

This is Alek's first season of pitching, he loves to pitch.  I dont like it so much, stresses me out. 

He is so into it though, which I do love.

It is a rollercoaster, pitches great to 2 batters, walks a couple, strikes out one, walks more.  Very hard this age group to pitch too, you have 8-10 years old on the team--with very varying heights! He definitely stuggles to find that strike zone with the shorter players!

What I do love is how no matter what happens, he wants to get back right back out there. 

we love that he has hussle, is usually the first one running on to the field from the dugout, it always focused on the game, it is cute to watch.  He loves to play.  He has caught a bunch the past few games and does so well.  Now I love watching him catch, I secretly hope that is his position--maybe that is because he would be just like his daddy?

Alek had his buddy over after one game, so we decided to enjoy a gorgeous fall day and head to Valley Forge park.  Maks bailed, he wanted to stay home with dad--I think he heard the word "hike" and didnt want to exert the effort after a late night at the neighbors the night before.  Thats my little old man!

I haven't done the sites at Valley Forge in a long time, just usually go for a walk there.  But we decided to check out Washington Headquarters.

The boys were cute.  They had been to Constitution Center a few weeks before with Liam's family, so they were putting together pieces of history they had learned. It was fun to watch.

The Headquarters is mostly all orginal rooms, floors, walls. Very cool to see.  Alek kept saying how daddy would have to duck in a lot of these rooms.  I explained that men were alot shorter back in those days!

They loved the kitchen house, especially the fake chicken roasting!

Their favorite was the soldier huts.  Alek asked if we could build one in our backyard.

They loved the "bunks". 

We spent sometime at the Valley Creek too, throwing some stones in, finding cool rocks and awesome leaves.  Alek even found alot of "beach" glass there.  He asked if they were still called beach glass since we found it at a creek?

We took a long hike through the woods, the boys had a great time looking for hiking sticks, climbing on trees and looking for the biggest leaf ever.  It was a great day, wish Maky would have joined us!

Maybe next time!!