About two years ago we had free tickets to the corporate box for a daytime Durham Bulls game. That was Nicholas's first baseball game experience - catered food, all-you-can-eat cookies, box seats, and a visit from Wool E. Bull (scared the bejeezus out of him, by the way).
Now that Nicholas is actually interested in baseball we decided to give it another go the regular baseball fan way. A friend of mine takes his daughter regularly and wanted to have a group outing. Nicholas and Sophia are two weeks apart in age, and are allowed on supervised dates. After work on Friday we packed up the boys and any necessities and drove out to Five County Stadium to see the Carolina Mudcats. We met up with our friends and found our seats. They picked a good section, second level just to the third base side of home plate and behind the net. The sun was going down and a nice breeze was coming in from storms in the west.
Adrian was on food duty and rounded up hot dogs and a soda for us, nachos for Nicholas. Then they had Dippin Dots for dessert. Nicholas was excited about ice cream served in a mini helmet.
Nicholas and Sophia had a good time watching the game, clapping, and yelling "Charge!". Sophia has the routines down pat, she had to teach Nicholas what to do. When he finally clapped at the right time in the song she said, "I love you. You clapped." Meanwhile Travis sat in our laps, looked around, and bounced a little to the music. He was getting a little tired so I put him in the sling and walked around the lower level for an inning.
I didn't plan on the boys making it more than halfway through the game. And with the storms coming in we had an easy out for leaving early. As it started to rain we all went to the souvenir shop. Nicholas got a batting helmet (he's actually been asking for one for months) and a baseball with the team logo.
We made it home before major meltdowns occurred and everyone was happy with the evening out. Nicholas has his souvenirs and I set aside the ticket for his scrapbook. I hope he'll also remember the experience.
1 comment:
Aww, sounds like a really fun game experience! I'm glad the sling is working out for you and Travis, too, because it's such a back and wrist saver to have him all snuggled up next to you like that. I still love ours. =)
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