Tournament Play

This past week was the boys Pee Wee Tournament for Baseball.  That meant the possibility of 6 games in 5 days.  Thankfully it didn't take that many.  As it turns out there were 4 games in 5 days and that means 4 days at the ballfield.  I'm ok if we don't go to the fields for awhile! :)  Not to mention the fact that at the beginning of the week we took sweatshirts and by the end we were playing in triple digit temps!

The boys all had a great time!  Even Maddie enjoyed herself.  She played in sand, with water, with legos and with lots of friends.  I'm not sure she knows anything about baseball, but she enjoys herself! 
Here she is with one of the coaches daughters, Addie.  Maddie loves Addie because she recently realized what rhyming words are!  "Maddie, Addie and Daddy -they rhyme!", is what you will often hear her say.

I realized too that I didn't have too many pictures of the "Batter Boy" in action. Well this one isn't in action, but it was cute.  When the team takes the field, this is where Eli waits!

 As soon as the team is up to bat, he gest to work!

 Below, Brody (pitcher) and Ronnie (3rd) are ready for the pitch!  (Pee Wee league is coach pitch)

 With such a busy week of ball, there was a lot of bonding time within the team!

 With the triple digit temps there were a lot of water breaks!

But in the end...after a well fought tourney...The Blue Buffalos finished the season and the tournament with a 15-0 record and were the 1st place Champs!

 Ronnie getting his trophy!

 Of course my camera and I fought while Nathaniel got his trophy, but he did get it!

Then even the Batter Boy got a trophy - his grin was huge!

 So here they are the Pee Wee Champion, undefeated Blue Buffalos!

One last huddle

 Go Blue Buffalos!

 It was pretty exciting times around here! 

4 Happy Guys and 3 Trophies!

Then a few of the teammates (and families) went to the sponsors to eat and celebrate, BWW!

A fun season, a full couple of months!  Ronnie and Nathaniel have had a great time and their baseball skills have really improved.  And the little Batter Boy is already thinking about next year!  Coach Daddy had a blast too.  It's fun to coach this age as they are, for the most part, willing to learn!  Maddie and I... we enjoyed cheering on our guys!

Oh, one more thing...last night as we were climbing in the van to leave the ball park, Coach Sean tells the boys - "We have a couple more tournaments!"  "You both made All-Star's" 
WOW, the excitement.  And yes, Ron will be his assistant and Eli was asked to help with the bats.  So we will continue for 2 more weekends!