We had quite a scene signing the kids up for little league today. Missy decided she wants to play this year, and luckily she is still young enough, since she won't be 6 until after the season starts, to still be in t-ball. I didn't want to start her in coaches pitch if we didn't have to. So she's happy. Alex wanted to play minor little league, but he is in the age group where he could play either coaches pitch or actual baseball with the 8-10 year old kids. I really don't think he's up to playing at that level, especially with 10 year olds, so I tried to convince him that it was a better idea for him to be in coaches pitch again this year. He got really upset, and didn't want to play coaches pitch, then after talking to him about it he said he didn't want to play anything. He was crying and I felt like it wasn't so much that he wanted to play as it was that he thought I wanted him in the lower level because I thought he couldn't do it. I don't know. But eventually, he told me that he did want to play baseball but not coaches pitch, so I decided we would give it a try. This will be a make or break year, I guess. I am really concerned that he just won't be at the level that most of the other kids are and he'll never want to play again. We had almost the same scene yesterday too; Beth and I took the kids bowling (to the other bowling alley in town because they were running a special for kids) in the afternoon, but Alex started getting upset because he was in last place. We were all 4 of us bumper bowling, so Beth and I were way in front of the kids, and the kids of course just got random pins with each roll. But Missy was beating Alex, by chance. And he got so upset we had to have several discussions with him about being a good sport and just having fun. But he was pouty anyway and ultimately we finished up without him so we could get out of there because nobody was having any fun. I hope it's not just like this during baseball season each time he makes an out.