The game of the week has been baseball, or some facsimile thereof. Kevin and the 6 older kids had a rousing game of baseball, with some alternate rules, a few days ago. It was Kevin against all the children, though he commandeered some people for his team when necessary. The final score was 4-4, a tie. Ties are allowed when you can make your own rules.
Since then, the children have spent significant time outside playing games or just learning to toss a ball back and forth and catch it. We have mitts, we have bats, we have kids, we have sunny days. It is charming. Kevin is taking this week off from work so he is helping them with their mechanics. In particular, he is teaching them how to throw and catch balls to minimize how often someone is clunked in the head. Yes, a few people have been clunked in the head with a ball, but so far with no significant injury.
Of course, many people in our culture have their kids signed up for REAL baseball or softball, with teams and practices and coaches. We've decided against organized sports for our children. We have SO many children, and we find life stretching as it is. To add lots of practices and games to our schedule would just about send us around the bend. And the kids are having tons of fun with pick up games of baseball, in our yard, with our equipment, with their dad. This works better for us.
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