Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

Saturday night we had free tickets (via Ian's company) to the Durham Bulls (farm league for Tampa Bay) baseball game. As we pulled up I was thinking two things. First I realized that the ball park looked really familiar. And I guess after being together for so many years, Ian can totally read my thoughts because just as I was thinking that I'd been there before he says, "So the park looks really similar to Camden Yards (the Baltimore Orioles park), doesn't it? That's because the same architect designed the two." Funny that when Ian and I were dating, back in the days that he lived in Maryland and I was here in NC, his company had season tickets to the Orioles and we used to sit directly behind third base when he got his rotation to go to the game. (Major leagues just aren't the same to me since Cal retired...).

Oh yeah, the second thought, praying that we wouldn't have any close encounters with Wool E. Bull as Kylie continues to have INTENSE fear of any mascot or clown. (At least that continues to postpone plans to go to Disney ~ by the time she's no longer scared we should have all the points on our Disney card we need for a full vacation!) As we got out of the car she started asking if we were going to see any cows (yes Beth, she is still traumatized from the Chick-fil-a cow from the Crawdads game last summer!) and said that she'd really rather go home. We managed to convince her that Daddy would keep her safe and off we went to find our seats.

I guess you could say they were pretty good...

Yes, I'm showing off my incredible manners by putting my feet up on the seat in front of me ~ aren't you proud Mama?
Despite the fact that one of Caleb's current favorite things to say is, "That's loud!" (which sounds more like "Dat loooouuuuuddd!") he was totally enthralled with the entire experience. The crack of the bat, the entertainment by Wool E. Bull in inning switches, the cheers of the fans, and of course, the ball game food! And in this picture he was actually pointing to Wool E. and getting ready to yell, "Come here!"
Kylie on the other hand pretty much thought the entire experience was "old school." I think her highlight was the hot dog, but she did pay attention when a home run was hit by one of the Bulls.

The rest of the week last week was thankfully relatively "non-eventful." After our crazy month of April (being gone three of four weekends and LOTS of weekday activities) it was nice to have a slow week. Oh, and for those of you who were so impressed by the fact that I had a camera in the grocery store, that wasn't my Rebel. Our old Sony "point and shoot" has become the "purse camera" and I almost always have it handy for those times when you don't want to carry a "big girl camera." And actually Caleb did a remarkable job steering his cart, especially considering it was his first grocery store cruise!