Today was an exciting day for Meredith - her first ever t-ball game! She has been asking to play for awhile and we finally found a team (bonus - it has several of the girls from her Ladybugs Soccer team!) so we signed up this Spring and she has been counting down the days! She has been doing lots of practicing with Daddy just to be sure she was ready! Her team is the Purple Sox, which she thinks is a super silly name and Jillian is a huge fan because it is her favorite color!
The Purple Sox were out in the field first. I think she started in right center. Seriously, Neal should be writing this post.
After fielding (for maybe a little longer than anyone would have liked. Let me just say, it is a good thing their innings have run rules! Luckily, the girls got better and better each inning!) it was time to get ready for some batting! Here are the girls all lined up for their turns. Meredith is 29 because this is the number Daddy sometimes wears in softball.
Up next - Meredith!
Going over a few last minute pointers from Coach Brian. She had a great hit but the first basemen got her out. We were still really excited for her!
After a turn in right field (again, I think), Meredith played the third inning as pitcher. Look how excited she looks love it!
She did an awesome job of fielding all the balls that came her way!
Jillian was excited to be out there, too! She made sure to tell me when we got there "When I get bigger, I play that!" So she practiced really hard while the game went on.
Meredith was ready to bat again, but a little nervous since she didn't get on base the first time. After a little pep talk, she was ready to go
And this time she got to first! She was so proud!
Then the other Purple Sox did a great job and she got to run all the bases (which she told me over and over again was her favorite part of the game!)
Meredith Ann scores a run!
The Purple Sox had a great come-back after the first ending, but still fell a little short, but I could tell how much fun the girls had. I listened in on the end-of-game huddle and loved Coach Brian's insight for the girls - he reminded them that he was proud of them for catching the balls, making good hits, running hard (in the right direction, no less!), and also that no one sat down on the field or even threw their gloves in the air, but most of all he was so proud that they all had fun!
Go Purple Sox!
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