Sport Maki's Brilliant Baby Gets What He Wants

Chubby loves to go out! Often times he will cry when people go out because he didn't get to go too. Today, Sticky, Bub and Princess snuck out to go huck the Frisbee disc for a while in the backyard. Of course Chubby heard them and walked over to the window to see what was going on.

He saw them out there having fun, but then just left the window to go to the front room. I thought this was a little odd because he usually likes to yell at them from the window where he stands on tippy-toes for the best view.

A few minutes later, he came back to the window, Frisbee in hand. He stared longingly out the window again. He waved the Frisbee back and forth in his tightly clenched fist. Next he set the Frisbee down in the window sill like this:


At this point, Dad came into the kitchen and I pointed out how cute and ingenious the little guy was being. Daddy had to grab the camera and go check out the view from the outside looking in. Here is what he saw.

Does that look of pleading not say it all?? Of course, Daddy could not resist giving him his heart's desire.

I do believe we have another Ultimate Frisbee convert on our hands!!

Sport Maki Update: A Place We Want to Stay

Last week we had our State Championship Tournament for Ultimate. Our team took second place. The weather was nice, a little breeze blowing. The spectators sections had nice big trees for shade. The baby was happy being outside. Everything was quite pleasant.

Probably the nicest thing about the event, though, wasn't the actual games. The games were great, except for the time I cheered a little too loudly and scared Chubby. Oops!

I took pictures. The kids worked hard!

The senior had the whole team sign her Frisbee--great memory token!

Here you see them on the run!

I am an amazing photographer (not). Notice the runners on the left hand side, especially the two with the identical strides.

And here you have "The Huddle". This is where they pull things together, listen to Coach, get ready to work together and go, Fight, WIN!

But I didn't take a picture of the best thing. I couldn't do it. It escapes my camera. What is the best thing? The camraderie, the good feelings, the friendships, the encouragement, and the kind words. Everyone felt welcomed and treated each other with respect. So, even though we'd already been at the fields for several hours, the players and their families stuck around and shared pizza, laughter amd fun.

Okay, so maybe that sounded a little sappy, but it is, nonetheless, true! The ingredients I listed in the above paragraph are what makes for a place we want to stay, or at least come back to again and again. Here on my blog is what I hope is a place where there is camraderie, good feelings, friendship, encouragement and kind words. Share your thoughts with us in a comment!

Who's up for an open Ultimate Frisbee league for youth?