Laughter Aerobics, AKA: Sam's First Tee Ball Game

Sam's first tee ball game was Saturday and Oh. My. Gawd.

That was the funniest thing I've ever witnessed.

The day began with us discovering that the youth "one size fits all" hat does, in fact, NOT fit all. I had that hat as loose as it would go and it still looked like "Hey Arnold" in a hat. 

So we made an emergency run to Lids to get an adult Yankees hat. 

When we got there, I told the young man working that we needed something much bigger than a youth size. 

He handed me something and said, "that should work." 

It didn't. 

We did this four more times before we found a 7 1/2 adult hat that fit! 

The little man said that's the biggest he's ever seen! That's my pumpkin head! 

He sure is cute though, right? 

Next was team pictures. Sam is directly in the middle in the front row. 

There is so much cuteness in that picture!

Now it was time to play ball!

Sam's team were home team so they got to take the field first. Sam's first position was third base. 

And man was he ready!

This is where it gets hysterical. Every time the ball was hit, Sam would run after the ball and then run after the runner... no matter where either went! He would end up in right field, second base, first base, home plate... and he would lap the bases with the runner as well! The whole stands were in stitches over him!

Good heavens we laughed so hard! 

He was up to bat next... 

When they took the field again, they put Sam in right field. This did not deter his mission to be involved with everything. 

He insisted on being everywhere the ball was. So they gave up and just put him at pitcher in the middle of the inning. 

He didn't know what to do with himself!

When he did get the ball in time, he just stood there looking around. He finally just decided to give it back to the other coach! LOL 

He got one more at bat before the game was over... 

At one point, Sam ran into the dugout and told one of the parents he was tired and needed to sit down for a little bit. I don't doubt that he was tired because he pretty much ran the entire game! The coach said, "Sam came to PLAY today!" 

We had so much fun! After the game, one of the coaches stopped me and said, "You'd better get that boy some popcorn!" 

I cracked up because I had no idea what he was talking about. Apparently, for the entirety of the game, he kept asking if it was time for popcorn yet! I guess he smelled it on the way in.

We left and got him a slushie and some popcorn. Then he took a 3.5 hour nap! All that running took it out of him!

I hope all of the games are this funny! What has been your experience with 4 year olds and tee ball?