Frozen Baseball?

This excursion is all about the grandkids.  Our first stop is the theatrical debut of our granddaughter.  She is attending drama camp this summer and seems to be flourishing in the environment.  She came home from the first day and announced to mama she is one of the lead characters in a play based upon the recent Disney film, Frozen. 

Proud mama texted us to let us know what was happening along with the statement, “Oh my, there are a lot of lines to learn by Friday.”  The camp is for one week and the kids are assigned their parts, they practice and then present their performance all in the space of one week

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We and the other proud family members attended the 3 PM matinee performance, the only time this particular cast and venue will be presenting Frozen.  And there she was, our granddaughter in the part of Anna, the frozen princess, all dressed in white and quite beautiful.  Now my ears are not what they used to be so I could not hear all the dialogue but could tell she had practiced her lines faithfully and knew when to speak and when not to speak.

Princess Anna on the left, next to the strange carrot nosed character

For you see, part of her lines included silence while she was lying on the floor frozen.  Very important to remain still and silent during this time to provide the illusion you are frozen.  She nailed it!  She must have used me as her real life example to emulate for this particular part of the production.  Anyway, I did catch her line as she was unfrozen, it was ‘What happened?’  A very proud moment for Gran and Bibi.

Oh no!  Princess Anna is Frozen!

All thawed out and everyone is glad to see the Princess again.

I was greatly impressed with the performance and as a finale to the show, all the actors did an improvisational routine to the famous song in the movie.  I need to see this movie so I can find out what is going on because there are wolves and winds and all kinds of characters.  Of course, with my hearing issues I could not pick up on the story line other than the fact my princess Anna granddaughter was frozen then thawed out during the course of the story.

She did very well especially considering the amount of family that showed up to watch her performing for the very first time.  I think she might have been a tiny bit nervous but it did not show.  We found out she is attending a second iteration of drama camp this week.  We are all anticipating another rousing play this coming Friday.  As of this writing, we do not have character assignments.

A star is born - Or is that a HAM????

The second part of the trip involves the oldest grandson and baseball.  His All-Star team is competing in the Regional finals which are held in his hometown this year.  We are very thankful for that and also for the great weather.  It has not been too hot and humid, which is very unusual for the baseball games during this part of the year.  I was pleasantly surprised to see the fields in very good shape even though there have been a couple of mornings of rain.  By noontime the rain stops and then a gentle breeze dries out the ground so that by game time, there are no mud puddles to negotiate, either by the teams or by the fans.  Impressive!

He played Friday night and the team won.  He pitched the first three innings of scoreless ball (yep he did) and then moved to catcher.  By winning, the team received a Bye for the next round.  His three innings allows him to pitch every day.  If he pitches more than three innings, then he cannot pitch the next day.

Look the runner back to second base.

...and the delivery.  Another Strike - YAAAAAYYYY!!!!

In the second game, he started as pitcher again.  This time one run scored and his team led as he moved from pitcher to catcher once again after three innings.  This time, however, the pitchers behind him and the batters did not do as well as the first game because the team lost the lead and ended up losing the game 13 to 10.

In the next game, he started once again and was not quite as sharp as the previous two nights with two hits.  He still pitched well enough to keep the team in it, although as he left the mound after three innings their team was behind this time.  The team never got it together during this game and ended up losing thus being eliminated from the tournament finals.

I am very proud of him and his performance.  He had many good hits and a couple of innings where he was personally responsible for all three outs.  Example: two strikeouts and catching a pop up for the other out.  At the end of the tournament, he received an award for the Most Outstanding Pitcher during the tournament.

Holding his plaque for Most Outstanding Pitcher of the Tournament

Not to be outdone or forgotten, our other grandson will be participating in his regional tournament with his All-Star team this next weekend.  We will give a report later about him and his team’s efforts.  So there will be more to tell later.

Lucky for us, there is a RV park situated right in their hometown which is convenient to all these activities. We have stayed here often enough that the long-term residents and hosts recognize us now and accord us all the hospitality we could ask for.  Tonight at the RV park, we will be having home cooked hamburgers and relaxing while the kids swim in the pool after a very busy weekend full of activities.

Until the next posting, be safe and be well.