Five Cheers for Coach Daddy

Another baseball season has come and GONE! Matt led his team to the championship again this year, so his season was extra long and extra stressful. Unfortunately, his team lost the championship in extra innings this year, so it wasn't quite the ending they hoped for. The girls were equally disappointed after the loss. Most notably, a sweaty and tired Annie shouted in the aftermath, "Oooh! I really don't like that yellow team. They are mean, mean meanies, and I won't root for them!" She also waved, repeatedly, at Daddy during the game, and yelled, "I'm here for you to win!" Oh well.

But, it's not all about winning or losing, right? It's about supporting your Daddy :) For these girls, it meant sacrificing the occasional naptime and rallying to watch a game on the home field. We made it to a handful of games, although not much game-watching went on. With enough players for games of their own, they're more "Mr. Fox" fans than baseball fans right now.


They usually remembered their little bags of "doodads," too. These come in especially handy when you want to share with other faculty and coaches' kids while in the stands. For the championship game, fellow faculty kids shared the limited shade with them, and they all did they're best to root for SI when they weren't inhaling popcorn and fruit snacks.

Besides the championship game, a highlight for the girls this year was the annual alumni game. Watching the alumni (AKA "the daddies") play against the current baseball team is always amusing. More importantly, there are always a ton of alumni kids in the stands to play with. And most importantly, there's a "tractor" just waiting to be ridden after the game.