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Around the field where Eric’s team played baseball today there’s a grassy slope that ends abruptly with a concrete sidewalk at the bottom. As soon as Aiden realized that the reason I was walking in front of him was to make sure he didn’t tumble all the way down the hill and smack his head, he made a game out of it. I think he’ll be a running back some day, because he has some moves.
The only time he fell was when he was running back up the hill. He and I agreed that it was better to fall up than to fall down, but that didn’t stop him from trying to run all the way to the bottom. It was a challenge, but as you know I’ve been pretty sedentary lately, so a bit of a workout was a good thing. He never did fall on anything that could hurt him. And we had a lot of fun.
Even though he has a cold and sore throat, he was in a cheery mood and full of energy today at the game. When he arrived with his mom and grandma, he walked over to where I was sitting and gave me a hug. He gave Mom a hug. And he gave the Irish setter who was lying in the shade near us a hug, too. He’s a very friendly and loving child, and he was pretty much the life of the party, drawing attention from friends, family and strangers alike. As always.
I didn’t actually see much of the game, at least during the time Aiden was there. I choose to remember the double Eric roped down the left field line as the highlight of the game. Lucky for me it happened before Aiden got there. I know that there were a lot of errors and miscues, but most of those happened while my back was turned. My position today was catcher. Catcher and scooper and redirector. It’s an important job and I was happy to do my part. | 
