Baseball from start to finish

 This picture wasn't taken when the rest of them where but they all looked so cute in their Ranger's t-shirts and hats.

 Hobs watched daddy do this with his bat before he started hitting in the cages... somebody was watching!

Today when the kids woke up Elijah wanted me to read him one of his baseball books.  The night before Todd had bought them a new 10.5 oz. baseball bat and a new baseballs.  Hobs had gone to bed with his baseball bat, glove and baseball.  We read a few baseball books before sending Ev to preschool when I got back we decided to take the boys to watch daddy hit softballs at the batting cages.  Hobs was adorable holding onto the fence and cheering daddy one while he was hitting the baseballs.  Ian didn't know what to think of the loud noise the baseballs hitting the bat made but once he got use to it he stared at Todd the entire time.  We haven't found anything as of yet that will keep his attention that long. We've figured out that Hobs learns by watching.  He watched baseball movies and picks up almost everything he knows so I knew as he watched Todd his little mind was spinning. 
When Todd was finished we went outside to a baseball field on the complex and let Hobs hit from our tee and run the bases on a real field.  He was using the new bat and baseballs that are a lot heavier than what we had before but he was able to make contact.  Ian wasn't too interested he wanted to wander around the field and play in the dirt.  Once in a while he will want to hit off the tee or throw a ball.  When I put him in his baseball shirt he will tell me "baseball", it was one of his first words! 
After playing baseball we got some lunch and then went to look for baseball clothing for the boys and then after naptime we went out in the backyard to play more baseball.  It must have been a dream day for Hobs.