Brett and I took C to her first Reds game and it was so HOT. A 4pm game sounded perfect as we planned her first baseball experience--not middle of the day in the awful heat and not in the evening which would end way too late. It all turned out okay, but it was the St. Louis series and also the day Barry Larkin's number got retired. That equals sold out. Perfect had it been just Brett and I: enjoy the pre-game celebration and a fun rivalry to cheer. However, the only seats we were able to get (weeks in advance) were in the sun (up high). We realized very quickly with sweat pouring off of our bodies and C's entire face red as a beet that we would need to find some seats in the shade. Afterall, we only lasted about 30 minutes in our ticketed seats. So we headed to the first base side to hunt for some seats, also at the top. There were none. Or close to none. We found some and got booted from seats not once, but twice. Ugh. Plan B actually turned out to be a winner though. We found the Kids Zone and Corinne enjoyed some fun in the shade. Inflateables, a play area, and a mock baseball game for kids to play in. I'm not sure what inning was our last, afterall we only really watched a few! But we called it a day and went to Zip's for dinner. The Reds did win--hooray! And we had ourselves a little adventure...it really was a good time, just a few things to laugh about and tweak for the next time.
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Aunt Laura
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Bummer about the weather & the crowd. Glad you made the best of it (Kid's zone & Zip's). Spending a day with C still sounds like a lot of fun to me.
P.S. I went to the Giants game last night sunny & great weather. Started the game in short sleeves, and put on my sweater & jacket several innings in, but didn't need my hat, gloves or parka which I had with me just in case. Bonus: Cate Blanchett was at the game too.
LOL - sounds like our Reds game in the sun... Joe and I bailed and went and had a beer at the new festhouse place right outside the stadium and watched it on TV. :)
And Laura - yep, only one M's game without my blanket this year and that was a day game with our seats in the sun. The folks in the shade behind us that day had blankets!
4 comments:
Bummer about the weather & the crowd. Glad you made the best of it (Kid's zone & Zip's). Spending a day with C still sounds like a lot of fun to me.
P.S. I went to the Giants game last night sunny & great weather. Started the game in short sleeves, and put on my sweater & jacket several innings in, but didn't need my hat, gloves or parka which I had with me just in case. Bonus: Cate Blanchett was at the game too.
LOL - sounds like our Reds game in the sun... Joe and I bailed and went and had a beer at the new festhouse place right outside the stadium and watched it on TV. :)
And Laura - yep, only one M's game without my blanket this year and that was a day game with our seats in the sun. The folks in the shade behind us that day had blankets!
I can report that Corinne thought the afternoon with mommy and daddy was a GREAT success!
Sounds like an adventure and another fun new experience for Little C!
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