Take Me Out to the Ball Game

On Labor Day weekend we went to a West Michigan Whitecaps game. It was the last item on our summer bucket list that I really wanted us to get to. The girls were excited to go. They went to a game last year with friends, but this was our first family trip to the ballpark. 

This is how I can best describe my trip to the game:

1st Inning  - Told the girls to sit down and that we would be getting their food in the next inning.

2nd Inning - Brian and I took the girls to get their free kids meal.

3rd Inning - Helped the girls eat their lunch (and ate Allison's unwanted hot dog)

4th Inning - Headed to the concourse to take Allison to the bathroom and for some cotton candy 

5th Inning -  Helped the girls with their cotton candy and took Amelia to the bathroom

Top of 6th Inning - watched the actual baseball game

Bottom of 6th Inning - Took the kids to the play area

7th and 8th Inning - Stood in the hot sun while Allison & Amelia waited their turn to get in the bouncy house

Top of 9th - Bought Dippin Dots

Bottom of 9th - Cleaned up after the girls

Post Game - Waited in line so the girls could run the bases

Exit out of parking lot - Listened to meltdowns by multiple members of the family

Halfway through the game, I thought to myself that I'm either annoying the heck out of the people around us by the constant up and down (luckily we had aisle seats) or there is some mom out there that is sympathizing with me. A few days after that game, I received a letter in the mail from my friend Andrea. Her sister-in-law Deb, who was our former daycare provider and the one who brought the girls to the game last year, was also at the game and had spotted us. She texted Andrea to tell her that she saw me at the game; however, I was never in my seat so she couldn't stop by our seats to say hello. She also sent Andrea this picture - of Brian sitting all by his lonesome, which I thought was hilarious. By the end of the game, most of the people sitting near us had given up on the game due to the heat, but it looks like no one wanted to sit near him.