Up to dad to teach AMERICAN Values to kids

The end of summer is in view, but there’s still time to pack in some more outdoor activity while we have light, warmth, and maybe a little extra time. My kids are 5 and 9, and I’m suddenly feeling panic that neither of them has a baseball glove, and neither can throw a football. Like a lot of elementary schools, we’re big on soccer, but I guess it’s up to dad to make the kids AMERICANS!

Baseball mitts are a big investment these days, so after my sticker shock, I’m researching alternate shopping choices like Craigslist. We already have a couple of footballs, but tossing a regulation-size pigskin to a five year old is like pelting him with a watermelon. He can’t catch it and he certainly can’t throw it.

Someone sent me a one of those Nerf Vortex footballs. It’s a football with an arrow out the back. This one is a “pocket” version, so a lot lot smaller. The second throw my son made was a perfect spiral over ten feet in distance. I said, “What an arm!” and meant it, though I suppose there’s a little engineering behind the ball itself.

Meanwhile, I still have to find a glove for my little girl (age 9). There’s still an opening for the “first woman in the Majors” category and we’re going to find out if she’s got the arm to fill it.

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