I made it through another baseball game! This is the third one. Today we had our team photos taken and then our game, so it was a little more stressful than usual. I forgot to bring my camera today :-(   I realized how difficult it is to take photos and coach, but I just love taking photos. I am soooo glad our team is so fortunate to have another coach too. He has a son that used to play challenger little league baseball, but no longer plays. I really apprecieate this Dad, but I think becasue of my Aspergers, I might not show that I am very happy to have him  helping out. I also don't seem to know how to share the responsibilities. I like to plan all of the details, and he seems fine with it. I have the 3 ring binder with all of the teams info. I am trying to plan thiings out after each game to see what we can do to make things easier and less confusing. Today, I put stickers on the batting helmets with the players names as they took them off, so that I could see who wears which size. at times, we don't have the right size and all players must wear a helmet while up to bat or running the bases. When it was the second time up to bat for us, it was alot easier with helmets already labeled with the players names. By next week, I want to have each player with their own helmet(gotta exchange a couple sizes we don't use) then I can line them up according to the batting line up. Then as they come in, they dump them in a pile in the bag, and I can set it up for the next line up. That way, the parents can just look and see whos up next, and not only me know whats on the clip board. I have line ups written up so that each player gets to be the first up to bat and the last one ( which is the one that "hits the home run" and brings in all of the players. I also wrote out a snack schedule so that  a different parent brings an after game treat for the other players for each game. I even got a compliment from one of the parents that this year seems to be much more organized :-)  This is my first year coaching, and I am liking it :-)  It is so rewarding to see the smiles on the kids faces.