The Vorndran Family Blog: Sports...and other things

For Hagen's birthday we got him the ESPN Better Batter toy. He first played with it at Sam's house and he LOVED it. He can hit a ground ball from the patio to the fence - he's pretty good for a little guy. Emily told me this toy is supposed to be better than normal tee ball for teaching kids how to bat because of the way the ball hangs from the tether. And yes, he is wearing his winter Thomas hat while he bats. That's his batting helmet. :-) At least he's using actual batting gloves and not the matching mittens.

Hagen is enrolled in a weekend soccer class with his friend Sam from school. The boys have SO much fun in this class! They are totally on their own during class and do a great job listening to Coach Kendra (and getting out lots of energy!). It's a really neat class and I think Hagen loves that he gets to play more with Sam. Some of the pictures are a little blurry but that shows they are constantly moving. Haha.

The other weekend we went to the Dallas Zoo with our next-door neighbors. Liisa is about 9 months younger than Hagen and they have been developing a good friendship. We had a lot of fun and it was neat to see Hagen and Liisa enjoying the zoo together. When we were leaving, Hagen wanted to walk with Amr (Liisa's dad) and it was really cute how he reached for Amr's hand.

After the zoo we went to eat lunch at the McDonald's that is next to the zoo. It's really cool because it's a zoo theme and even has sound effects (that sometimes make you jump!). Hagen and Liisa played afterward in the kids' area.

That afternoon we went to my boss' daughter Emma's 3rd birthday party. It was at My Gym in Frisco and it was really fun! Hagen is always a little hesitant about things like this and he didn't do all the things the other kids did, but he had fun climbing on some things and playing basketball. The kids all had a great time and it was a lot of fun.