Take Me Out to a Ballgame

Last night we took our kids to their first baseball game. Our friends Kelli and Daniel were nice enough to share with us some tickets they had received through Daniel's work. It was a bit chilly for May 2nd (considering we'd seen snow that morning) but we decided to fare it anyway. It worked out because there was hardly anyone there so we got the no lines at concessions or bathrooms frill and didn't have worry about annoying people around us who weren't fans of the runaway toddler. For Hayden's part, he did really well. He even sat and really watched the game for an inning with his Daddy who was attempting to explain some of it to him. He got to hi-five the team mascot, Orbit. He couldn’t decide whether Orbit was a dog or a bear and really neither one of us can really tell either. And, whilst Hayden didn't get the full experience with the food, he did get some nacho cheese-less nachos. Our little Nacho Libre often asks for "chips." Chips is in quotations because he says it just like the character in the movie Nacho Libre. Rent it if you haven't seen it. Many quotable lines. Anyway, back to the original content of this entry. Overall we had a great time. In one of these pictures you will see Hayden snuggled up with Kelli. I think he was happiest at this point because, well, Kelli is his first crush. I kid you not. He asks for her all the time and cries for her when she leaves. He even woke up last night crying for her. That’s awesome for a 4am wake-up call, your two year old son crying for another woman. When he found out she was married and met her husband Daniel for the first time, he said to me "Mommy, who dis guy?" Needless to say, he was a little disappointed that he had some competition for her affections. So I think that Kelli was probably the cherry on top of the whole baseball game extravaganza for him. So add another first for Hayden...and we'll repeat it for Clare because while she was trash talking the other team with her babbles, I just don’t think she have even the tiniest recollection of this event.