Goodbye Pink Ponies!

 

Well at least until next year. My 6 yr old daughter’s last Pink Ponies T-Ball game and Awards Ceremony was this past weekend. She was so excited and so we’re we! Ranchman John was out of town on business, so it was just me and my 12 yr old twinlings, Jax and Jem to help cheer her on and help her celebrate with the team.

First the team warmed up on the fields. As you can see, even my twinling Jax joined in for the warm-up, too in support of his sis.

Some stretching, too.

The Pink Ponies typically play on one of the actual baseball fields, but sometime during the previous night, the sprinklers broke and flooded two of the fields. The maintenance department managed to get the sprinklers turned off and fixed and even to get one of the fields cleaned up, but the other one was too flooded to be used. So they set the team up out on the grass, which wasn’t too bad, since it was fairly dry and it was cooler and a softer surface to play on. The girls seemed to like it.

Jenna was up at bat early on in the line-up. She loves to hit the ball. The coach is very patient and supportive of Jenna and the issues involving her Aspergers and OCD.

  

YAY JENNA!!!!

Wait for it………….Run for Home, Baby!

 

Next it was time for some Outfield Moments, which Jenna is not as fond of. Her big bro, Jax joined her out there, just to show his support.

Then the coach offered the opportunity to Jenna to play Catcher, which Jenna turned down the last time she was asked. Not sure why she changed her mind, but she was very happy to get all geared up, though it’s difficult to tell in this photo. hehe.

And she seemed to know just what to do, too. Her brother, Jax was there with her just in case. He played catcher for his baseball team this past Spring.

I love that Jax was out there with his sister of his own free will….because he wanted to be there for her, not because I asked him to, which I didn’t have to. These are the moments a Mom lives for.

Jenna kept getting side-tracked by some gliders and airplanes that were flying all around the ball field from the tiny airport next door.

 

She asked me to take photos of the planes and I promised her I would.

Then the game was over……Time to high-five the other team (The Heartbreakers) and thank them for a great game.

Yay! Pink Ponies!!!!!

(Both of Jenna’s twin brothers, Jax and Jem were out there with her and the team to help them celebrate. Woot! Woot!)

Then while the team was waiting for the Awards Ceremony to begin, they played a couple games of Duck, Duck, Goose.

Then it was time for all the teams to line up for the Awards Ceremony.

Jenna was soon called up to the table to accept her awards and trophies. All the players were given a trophy, necklace and a t-shirt.

Everyone cheered her on. She was so excited!

And the Pink Ponies Coaches were awarded a Championship Trophy for their team, too!

It was a long day, and she was very tired when it was all over, but Jenna was so happy to be a participant on her Pink Ponies Team.

There is an end-of-season party planned at one of the family’s homes, but then Pink Ponies is over until next year: 2010. Yay Pink Ponies! Go Team!

 (Jenna was SO ready to go home by the time these photos were taken. Can you tell? haha! Poor baby girl! *grin*)

After we left there, we had to make one more stop before going home, and we let Jenna ride a pony…..(And I rode, too!) You’ll just have to come back later to read and see more about that. hehe!

 

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