June 12

As is our summertime custom of late, I took the boys to baseball this afternoon. It was, in many ways, a typical outing, but the one thing that made it a wee bit different was that Brady took part in his first catchers' class.

He'd expressed interest in catching for some time and held the position in a few games last season, so Adam ponied up and bought him gear over the weekend.

The idea of catching makes my arthritic knees ache, but I love that he's excited about it. The look of enthusiasm on his face, the concentration... all of it. And I'm grateful that I get to watch him be happy.