Braxton and Sipola

Last night we were at Braxton's baseball game. We started out at Lia's game which was from 5:00pm-6:00pm. We got to see her play first base and then she hit. We left Grandpa Rod with the girls and then headed over to see Brax. He was pitching when we got there. He did such a great job. He pitched for 3 innings and held the other team at 2. He has turned into such a great ball player and we are so proud of him. Well, the reason I needed to post this was because after the second inning Grandpa and the girls made it to the game. Brax forgot to take his water bottle so after the inning he ran to get a drink from the fountain. Sipola was so excited to see him so she ran over by him. When they were running back I looked at Sipola and she had slowed from a walk to a slow walk. Her smile had disappeared and I knew something was wrong. When she got to me I asked her what was the matter. She started crying and whispered to me, "Mommy, those boys just called my brother fat." I couldn't really hear her so I had her repeat it. She repeated it and then the really big crying came. I told her not to worry about what the kids say and she said, "He is not fat and it hurts my feelings to hear them say that." Tevita got her and she wouldn't let go of him. He kept telling her it was ok but she thought it was so wrong. We finally got her calmed down and told her to just ignore the kids. It broke our hearts to see this. She truly felt sad that somebody would hurt her brother that way. What a tender hearted little girl we have. I asked Braxton later if he had heard it and he hadn't. He told Sipola not to worry about it though. He said, "I am tough and it doesn't bother me."