Take me out to the ballgame!

We took the grandkids to the see the Braves play last night and had a blast. Daughter met us there, as well as some of her friends who have season tickets. As we were waiting for Man to buy tickets, we were approached by two young girls who work at the ballpark and they wanted to know if BT would be interested in going out on the field right before the game and saying "PLAY BALL!!!" He said no way. :( We did everything we could think of to get him to change his mind and he was not to be persuaded. Soooo, they moved on to BK and asked if she would like to go on the ballfield and simply wave to the people in the stands as they welcomed her to the ballpark. Just like Daughter, she was ALL about it. When Daughter took her down to the gate, BK left her mother and went with these girls, who were strangers to her, and stood out on the field and loved it. She was like a rock star! When her "moment" came and she had to wave, she did so without any hesitation. BT could have cared less. He wanted to go down the ginormous slide again. Soooo, we went to our seats, and watched the game. We were sitting right behind the dugout and every now and then the players come out and hand out baseballs that were used during the game. BT got one!!! A few minutes later he was standing near the dugout and one of the players came out and handed him a bat. He almost didn't take it!!! There were kids there twice his age who would have given anything to get a bat, and my grandson wanted to know why the player gave him the bat. One little boy came up to us and wanted to know how BT got the bat, and after we told him, he sat on the edge of the seat in front of us just in case another player walked out with a bat to give away. We left in the 7th inning and it had not happened yet, but I hope he got one after we left.

BK seemed to be way more in to the ballgame than BT, but they both had a great time. We have been taking BT to the ballgame since he was 15 months old and he has always loved it. This was BK's third trip to the ballpark and she is surprisingly well behaved at the games and even cheers when everyone else does. And, she ate a big hotdog, WITH RELISH. She asked for the relish. She's two..