This past weekend we had another alumni bash, only this time it was a baseball game. Former varsity baseball players were invited back to play a fundraiser game for this year’s team. You know what that means, our bestie was back in town and these two were up to no good. I’ve known for several weeks that this trophy would be making an appearance, but that didn’t make it any easier to see it in my living room. This was their Fantasy Football League trophy that will be passed around year to year. We’ve had major discussions about where it can reside and all I will say is I think I’ve convinced SD that it cannot sit on the console by the television! Either way, Chris insisted that we have a little impromptu photoshoot and the photos MUST make the blog. So, here you go, CG.
On Saturday morning, we got up bright and early to cheer on the yellow jackets of years past. I think our oldest player graduated in 1961! It was so fun to see them all back on the field… it made me feel like I was in high school again. I spent a LOT of time next to the baseball field my junior year watching Josh play and my senior year watching Chris play. I was very disappointed to hear there would be no baseball pants this time. I think it’s been established that it was those baseball pants that sealed the deal fourteen years ago.
These girls were so good and had a great time cheering on their sweet daddy. The weather was gorgeous and we ended up in the high seventies by the second game. We were all decked out in our black and gold, but Ella was shedding leggings not long after lunch.
I thought I could convince Soph to spend the day in her stroller, but she must have been laughing inside. She might have lasted in the stroller an hour out of the five or so hours we were outside. Luckily, the field is near our neighborhood, so we loaded up our gear and strolled across the street.
How cute is this player and his girls? I cracked up at the glove on the head all day, but he had to prevent the sunburn somehow. Can you believe we were having to apply sunscreen in February?!
Do y’all see that bunny? That is THE bunny! The one that has been lost since early December. The one I thought was lost forever. The bunny we cried over and called every store and restaurant in the tri-state area to find. Do you know where it was? IN.MY.CAR. It was in a tiny little pocket on the back of the stroller and we found it when we were getting ready for the game on Saturday morning. There might have been tears of joy falling in our driveway and Ella may or may not have held her all weekend long. The pretty bunny has been moved back to the shelf in case of emergency and we are all breathing a little easier around here.
I didn’t even think to put shoes on Sophie since I planned on having her in the stroller, but she really wanted to stand at the fence with the big girls. She likes hanging on to the fence, but she wasn’t so sure about the dirt between her toes. This cute photo op did not last long at all.
The boys split the games and each team won one. They were good sports, but boy were they limping by the time the afternoon was over. We all piled into the high school lunch room for a big barbeque dinner and stuffed ourselves silly. Can I just tell you that it was beyond weird to eat there after thirteen years! I was talking too loud and Chris was yelling at me for talking too loud and Josh was laughing at us both. It was a serious flashback moment.
