The Littlest Rookie

While Prince Tyger spent his time lost in admiration of the bubbles his machine would produce, once little Prince Lightning could be dragged away from his water sprinkler, he first decided to "sweep" the sidewalk.  Prince Lightning is actually a first-class cleaner and enjoys putting things in order.

Of course, the usual reason that things are out of order is because Prince Lightning was playing with them!  So the cleaning intervals don't usually last long, especially because Prince Lightning likes to do so many things, such as here, where Proud Papa is showing him how to hold a lightweight mini-baseball bat.

Proud Papa has attached a lightweight ball to a string at just the right height for the Princes to practice swinging the bat. Prince Lightning looks very serious as he prepares to try his hand at hitting the ball.

Here he is - all ready to strike at the ball.

Still waiting ...

and here he is in full swing!

Look at the determination on that little face!

Someday, perhaps, we'll see this little rookie in a Big Game such as little boys' dreams are made of.