You can tell Cole was super excited.
Yes, that armrest is his pillow.
We decided to sit on the lawn since I knew it would be a waste of time and money to try to get Tess and Cole to sit in seats for any length of time. (I was totally right.) Since we were sitting on the lawn we brought our own hot dogs and goodies, which meant we had to schlepp our cooler and the stroller and all four kids into the stadium. But it was worth it.
*Side note: I've figured out how to keep hot dogs hot in a cooler. You make the hot dogs, put them in buns, and then wrap them in foil. Then, you heat up one of those rice bags (the kind you heat in the microwave and put at your feet to keep them toasty warm) and put it at the bottom of the cooler and then put the hot dogs on top. Then you cover that with a towel. Viola! Our hot dogs were still steamy hot almost 2 hours after I made them.*
After getting all our bags and such searched we walked into the stadium. As soon as Josh got a glimpse of the field he let out a sincere and awestruck "Oh. My. Gosh." He was pretty excited. That boy's got a bit of his Grandpa ElRay in him.
He kind of watched the game for about 4 innings, which I thought was pretty good considering 1) he's only 6, and 2) we were pretty far from the players and they were kinda hard to see. The first thing he said to me this morning was "I had so much fun at that baseball game last night, Mom!"
Spencer had a good time, too. However, at one point during the game when Josh asked how much longer it would be Spence said, in all seriousness, "Oh, there are 7 hours and 54 minutes left in the game". Um, that's the clock, Spencer. We all had a pretty good laugh about that. (Especially Lance, who unfortunately finds baseball a bit slow and tedious. (Seriously, it's a miracle my dad let me marry this Ute who does not like baseball!)
Tess and Cole just ran around and got into trouble the whole time. Tess was in heaven dancing to all the little songs they played between batters. As soon as we finished dinner Cole declared "It's time to go home." He was a bit disappointed when we didn't and got into his usual Coley mischief. (Stomping on Tess, stealing toys, getting into things he shouldn't.)
Josh wanted me to take lots of pictures of him sitting there.
There was this huge factory right there - it was actually pretty cool looking. And trains kept running right by it, which kept Cole pretty entertained.
No, that is not Tess's beer. (She spilled hers earlier.) ((KIDDING.)) Although Josh did ask if he could have a drink when the beer guy game through. Um, no Josh.
The only picture I could get of all four of my brood.
Always dancing, always moving, and always talking!
I got sick of being climbed on, so I 'closed' my lap and Lance had to take over. Seriously, there are times I feel like a freakin' jungle gym. It gets to be a bit much, you know?
Tess only liked the creamy center of the mint Oreos. I like the cookie part best, so we made a good pair. (Can you tell I'm a mother of four? I really don't care if my two year old licks out the middle of the cookie!)
Even though it was hot and HUMID all day, it was actually a pretty comfortable night. A big storm was blowing it, which meant it was overcast with a great breeze.
It was pretty typical minor league ball - three home runs by the Indians by the 6th inning. That's okay, it made it very exciting for the kids. We decided to leave at the 7th inning; the storm looked a bit threatening and Tess and Cole were still happy but getting close to melt downs. (Might as well leave on a good note, right?)
Driving home was crazy - there was a huge electrical storm to the north. It was really quite impressive, although not so fun to drive through. I drove because poor Lance was having to deal with some huge issues at work via his phone. I expected everyone to fall asleep - but nope! We got home at 10:30pm and everyone was wide awake and happy. Must've been a fun summer adventure!
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