Dugout Mom

Crazy busy day.  Work, Walmart, pick up kids, grocery, cook dinner, baseball and then cubscouts. Working in the dugout at B's games gives me high blood pressure sometimes.  The kids distract my brain (which probably doesnt take much haha) asking me to open waters, find their hat, asking me when they hit, telling me someone took their seat etc....while I am trying to keep up with how many outs we have, who's up to bat, who has a bat in their hand when they shouldn't, tell kids to sit down, pick up the bats on the field, talk to parents asking questions, get the catcher gear on , etc.  I never realized how much a dugout mom does during a game for a 5/6 yr old.  It gets easier as they get older since the kids learn what to do but a bunch of 5yr olds ask alot of questions and run around a dugout and take bats and try to bat when its not their turn.  Makes me laugh thinking about it.  Sometimes I think i should sit on the bleachers and let someone else do it.  But I do it because I love to have the bond with the kids.I love to think how hopefully we are planting seeds with these kids. Teaching them to love baseball.  Giving them confidence.  I love to think about how B will remember his mom and dad helping with his teams.  I love to high five the kids and them know my name and them tell me how they did at school and see how much better they get as the season goes on.  I do it because I am right there when B comes in from a homerun he hit and there to high five him when he throws himself at the base to get an out.  I do it for the memories.  And to help make my hubbys life easier coaching haha.