Baseball Season is Here (meaning we won't be available until early next year)

We've always given our kids the opportunity to try whatever sport/ club they wanted. Our only requirement was that they not be in more than one sport and one educational activity (piano/ club/ church-related thing) at a time.  When we had just one kid to run around, it wasn't so bad.  But you throw the other one into the mix, and you find yourself running every day practically. 

I remember when the neighbors in our old neighborhood had all three of their boys in baseball and we never saw them.  EVER.  And I remember vowing that I was never going to be one of those parents.  Yeah, you guessed it; I'm eating my words now. 

My boys have played soccer every Spring and Fall for the past several years.  I've always enjoyed it (though I couldn't tell you the rules of it) and especially when they played through the church league because it only involved one day/ week for practice and for the games.  This Spring, they decided to try baseball.  I secretly loved this idea because I played for many years on the school's softball team and if there's one sport that I feel 100% confident helping my kids with, this is the one. 

Practices started last week, and because of the move, I'd managed to lose (throw away is probably more likely) their team schedules.  So, after checking the website, I was surprised to find that we will be at the baseball field not 2 or 3 nights a week, but more like 5, sometimes 6.  This bothers me because now I'm just like my neighbors; living every day and night as my kids taxi service to their games/ practices. 

My older son commented that he didn't know that it was going to be this "involved".  I told him I didn't think it'd be quite this bad, either, and that's what he got for wanting to play organized sports that weren't through the chruch league.  The first games were this past Saturday; Aidan's from 12-1:45 and then Alex's from 4-5:45.  Last week's weren't bad, but this week's aren't going to be so great.  Friday and Saturday, Alex has one from 6-7:45, and Aidan has one on Saturday from 12-1:45.  I know that I shouldn't complain really (we have friends who have to be there every Saturday at 8:00am), but really, who wants to spend all weekend at the field?  The latest games for Alex are from 8-9:45pm on Fridays and Saturdays coming up.  Those may be ones that Dad takes Alex to without Mom and Aidan.

I knew that my time was coming for this to happen, but I wasn't expecting it at 4th grade.  And I know that we are certainly NOT the only families doing this.  I just wish that I had had the sense to look into this before signing them up.  So, if any of you need me in the next couple months, you'll knwo where to find me- at the baseball field.