The Best Week Ever

In addition to getting a Wii, another great thing happened to me last week--Frank Thomas returned to the A's. He's still my all-time favorite baseball player. What was even better is that he's wearing his old number, 35, and looks just like he did when he was last on the A's. He's awesome.

If you'll recall, I was planning to punish the A's by rooting against them when they got rid of Danny Haren. But now all is forgiven with the return of Frank!

Wii

Last week, Daddy got a Wii for the household. It may be the most fun thing ever. While most video and computer games have you sit and press some buttons, with the Wii you stand up and move around to make your character do the same thing. In Wii baseball, you make a pitching motion to throw a pitch and you swing the Wii controller to bat. In tennis, if you jump up to get the ball, the Wii player jumps too. Right now, we have Wii sports, which features baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, and boxing. I love it.

sleepy

 

After a hard morning of playing baseball, I decided that a nap was in order. Stuffies makwe great pillows as well as being wonderful friends.

Opening Day

Saturday was opening day for tee ball season. We got new uniforms (nice bright yellow shirts), came up with a new team name (Dragons), and had a new coach. Well, actually a sort of acting coach. Coaches are in short supply, so Daddy was the coach. It was very cool that Daddy is coaching the team. There are several kids from my Kindergarten class on the team as well, including Christopher and Steven.

Before we played, we did some exercises--jumping jacks, sprints, and so on. We also did a bunch of drills. Ground ball catching, fly ball catching, and throw and catch with partners. Catching the ball was really emphasized. We then played a team dressed in green uniforms called the "Green Slime". We caught lots of the balls they hit and played pretty well. I had fun.

Let's Go Oakland

 

This Saturday, I saw my first major league game of the year---the A's versus the Royals. It was a beautiful (but cold) day. The whole 3 family went along with our #1 A's fan, Maria. She has diamond level tickets with the A's and a bunch of connections. In fact, she was able to get us some excellent seats coutesy of her friend Aaron, who works for the A's. It was an outstanding game. The A's feel behind 4-0 and then rallied in the late innings to take a 6-4 lead. One of my favorite players, Huston Street, came in in the 8th for the save. He gave up a run in the 9th, but the A's won 6-5. I was jumping up and down and cheering. I also mamaged to start a couple of "Let's Go Oakland" cheers in the stands all by myself.

I love the A's.

Talent

 

This Fraiday was the talent show. I got to go third on the program. I was a little nervous while waiting my turn in the library, but was relaxed and happy on the stage. I couldn't believe the lights---it was hard to see who was in the audience. A bunch of people called "Aidan", so I waved to the audience. I did my song---Take Me Out to the Ballgame---and everyone seemed to enjoy it. In fact, the applause and screaming was so loud at the end that I had to cover my ears. It was great!

Check out the photo album here. Warning: Owing to lighting conditions, these are not supercrisp Aidan photos---don't order prints about 5x7.

Arizona

I had a blast in Arizona last week. The hotel we stayed at had a huge water park on the grounds. It also had lots of pretty fountains and passageways to explore. Daddy and I went on a photo safari on the first day we arrived, and I got to discover all sorts of neat parts of the resort. The picture above is one Daddy took during a break on the safari. Since we've been back, I've asked a couple of times when we can go again. Of course, I also love the saguaro cacti too. The desert is great.