Railroad Days Parade

Every year the town of Lula has a little festival thing called Railroad Days because the railroad runs right through the center of town. The train tracks actually run right across the street from the school and when I worked there the ceiling tiles would shake every time the train went by. So, along with the festival, of course there's a little parade that goes along with it in the morning to kick things off. All 3 of the kids' ball teams were in the parade (yes, we have 3 kids on 3 different teams this year, which has been interesting).

Here's Alli with her T-ball team. Her best friend was doing t-ball again this year, and Alli is in it more for the social side at this point (although she's turning into quite the little ball player), so we put her in t-ball for one more year. Their team is called the Bad News Bulldogs after the Bad News Bears, but since the school mascot is the Bulldogs they changed it up a little.

Here is Evan with his team. He's playing coach pitched baseball this year and does pretty well if say so myself. He's a good hitter and always goes after the ball. He mostly plays first base during the games, but I think the whole team's favorite part is sitting in the dugout and playing around. They're pretty cute to watch.

And here is Drew. She's playing fast pitch softball this year, which can get intense at times. She actually hit her first homerun this year and does really well. Andy is coaching her team with another lady, who is actually the head coach (Andy likes the job without ALL the responsibility), and so far they're undefeated. By this age they're really weeding out the girls that only play for their parents, so they have a good little team this year with several hard workers and serious players. Of course, with girls comes the drama and tears, but Andy and Judy (the other coach) handle it well.