Baseball Parties

Cody and Jaden's last baseball game of the season was at the beginning of May. The league surprised us by announcing that our team's division would have an end-of-the-season tournament as well (even though this is usually just reserved for the older players). Our Red Sox team was out of the double-elimination tourney fairly quickly, unfortunately, after losing two games in a row. It was nice to have a couple bonus games at least. Following the final game, we treated our boys to fro-yo to congratulate them for a great first baseball season. Adley was a big fan of the fro-yo too!

Prior to the tournaments, the baseball league hosted a free end-of-the-season party in the park for all the players. Inflatable water slides were everywhere. Jaden and Cody had an absolute blast! Their favorite part was playing in this bubble foam pit.

Surprisingly, the boys weren't bothered at all by getting bubbles in their eyes. They loved covering themselves with bubbles, sliding in the foam, and pelting one another with bubbles. What a fun time!

The water in all of these inflatables was so brown and dirty (blech!), but none of the kids minded in the least! Cody and Jaden loved racing alongside each other on this one before plunging into the water (mud pit?) at the end.

The boys shocked us by bravely going down this enormous slide at the end. What a fun party!

After the final tournament games were over, the Red Sox players met for a team party to celebrate our season together. The restaurant where we ate had an awesome backyard playground which all the boys thoroughly enjoyed while we were waiting for our food. 

When everyone was done eating, our coach handed out trophies to each of the players.

The coach spoke about each player individually, although he admitted that he struggled to tell Cody and Jaden apart. He mentioned that both boys really improved during the course of the season and that he appreciated their good attitudes.

Each of the boys also received a bin full of gifts (seen on the table in the pic above) donated by each of the team's families. Some of the gifts were baseball-related, such as bubble gum, sunflower seeds, and Cracker Jack. Other gifts were just fun toys like bubbles, sticky characters, and mini-footballs. Cody and Jaden were thrilled with all that they came home with! It was a fun way to end their season.

One final pic with Coach Putnam and his son Easton

We didn't get home until quite late that night, so we waited until the next day to get some trophy pictures. Jaden and Cody were so proud!

We loved our season as the Red Sox!