Summer Fun II--Royals Game

Another family and us went out to the ballpark today. On Sunday's they have a special deal--4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 Pepsi's, and a bag of popcorn for $44. Not bad!! So another family of 4, plus 4 additional kids, and our 4 sweated it out in 90 degree weather.

The girls--all 6 of them--were so good. None of them were terribly interested in the game, but they watched a little, and clapped at appropriate times. More importantly, they did not fight, argue, or whine. I couldn't have asked for more. One of the reasons we went today was guests under 14 years old got a stuffed animal from Build-a-Bear. It was a river otter from the KC Zoo, and is adorable! Here are all the girls lined up by the fountains in the outfield with their otters.



During the first inning, three of the girls were getting food with the other mom, and I was taking Kaylin to the bathroom. That left Emily and Macy at our seats with the two dad's. A couple Royals' reps came over and asked if they'd like to do the Hat Shuffle in the 4th inning and be on the big gigantic screen. Of course they said yes. So when all the other girls got back, I figured we'd have WWIII. But we didn't.

So the top of the fourth comes, and here comes the cameraman, three official looking people, and the guy who goes on air with them. They get all settled, and we wait for a half inning. Macy was scared to death--she orginally didn't want to do it, and the other girls were quick to say they would. But peer pressure worked in the right direction, and she did a wonderful job.

Here's Macy answering where she is from. It was funny to see her 11 stories tall!!



After the ball is shuffled around, he asks Macy where she thinks it is. The whole outfield is yelling, "1"! Thankfully she said #1. This is Emily agreeing that she thinks the shuffled ball was in Hat #1.

Here's Macy again, in 11 stories of glory. She really held on to that otter! She was so scared, but was proud she did it and was telling anyone and everyone she ran into.

After the game, kids get to run the bases. We had to wait about 45 minutes, but again all 6 girls were wonderful. It was hot, they were sweaty and sticky from cotton candy, and all of them were so good. Here's 5 of the 6 girls running the bases; Gillian ran out ahead of the others.

What a fun way to start the summer! My shoulders and upper arms are pretty sunburned, but that's okay. It'll be tan tomorrow.

And the Royals won 6-1!