Baseball-again?!?

Life has been full and busy in the B household. Baseball season was extended by several weeks since C was invited to play on the tournament team for his age group. Although his team did not advance to the next level, we are all glad he had the opportunity and privilege to play on this team. We were able to spend concentrated time with our special friends the I's (met during the 2008 season) and we met many other neat families as well...we even learned a few 'life lessons' along the way as we dealt with disappointment and learned how to win over others with kindness. The younger crowd rallied and did a great job attending the added practices and games...they also made some new friends among the siblings of C's teammates.

Aren't they a handsome team?! Can you find C? (He is in the bottom row, 2nd from the left)

I thought this was the 'Big Leagues"...the boys practiced in their red shirts and donned their jerseys once their warm up was over... they hung them up outside the dugout so a hanger was part of their necessary equipment!!

Here's L (sketching, of course!) and Mercy being her sociable self during one of the games ~

Our All-Star!

When C was not playing in center field, he had the thrill of pitching...

L decided he just had to make his own version of his big brother's uniform shirt--he wore it to the final game!

And of course, Odesco could not be left out of the creative fun!
He felt no need to remain loyal to C's team though and decided to go with the Phillies theme instead:)

Twas the night before 'hair day'.... and we needed help. Our dear friend, Mrs. I jumped right on the bandwagon as we painstakingly removed all of Mercy's yarn extensions in preparation for Miss Britt's visit the following afternoon...once the game started Mercy donned a bandanna and all eyes were on the field. As you can see, she was not too thrilled with this lengthy process! To her credit though she was quite diligent in doing her part to prepare her head for Miss Britt's visit~

Oh the things we do to keep ourselves entertained during baseball games!