Take Me Out To The Ballgame!

We interrupt the regularly scheduled vacation posts to bring you . . . Baseball!

If you haven't heard, the Pittsburgh Pirates are having a record breaking season.  (The Steelers are too, but not in a good way. But I digress.) The Knight's boss gave him four tickets to a Pirates game.  Since Daddy is more interested in baseball and he rarely gets to take the kids on adventures, we decided Mommy would be left at home.  All alone.  With a Pumpkin Spice Latte.  And peace and quiet.  {I'm not seeing a downside here.}

The Knight had to work part of a day before the 12:35 pm game, so we all met up in a parking lot at a central location.

Psyched and ready to go in the Pirates gear I found at the thrift store this week!

I asked the kids to take some pictures.  Wasn't sure what I'd get, but I was pleasantly surprised with some of them and forced to laugh at others.  Apparently this picture takes a thousand words to describe, but in short . . . Bud was shielding his eyes from the sun, the Knight was teasing Bud saying he'd knock his lights out or something to that effect and Butterfly wasn't happy that her sister was taking her picture.

This one cracked me up too.  I mentioned I'd like a picture with all of them in it.  Suggested the Knight try to take a picture of everyone (since he has the longest arms), or they ask someone to take their picture.  This is what I got.  Literally the only one with all of them in it.  Priceless.

They had awesome seats!  Almost directly behind home plate.  It was a gorgeous day.  Perfect weather especially since we just went though a cold snap.  (The Pittsburgh skyline pictured in the background for you out-of-towners.)

A couple days before the game, I told the kids about the pierogi race that takes place during the Pirates games.  Sounds like this was one of the highlights for them.  These two pictures are from bing images, but they'll give you an idea of what the race is like.  "Pierogies" come out onto the field and race each other.  It's a comical routine.  I've seen them trip each other or high-five someone in the bleachers.  Today's winner . . . Cheese Chester.

The kids only made it to the 7th inning, and that was after a snack break in the 4th inning.  Apparently the hidden pictures and coloring books I put in Bud's bag weren't enough to occupy everyone the whole game.  The Pirates scored 3 more runs in the 7th inning and 1 more in the 8th inning for a final score of 1 to 10.  We won!

Pretty sure today's experience was one of the best times in their lives!  The rest of the evening was filled with baseball games inside and out, talks of more games tomorrow, and I lost count how many times I heard the song, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".