First Baseball Game

On Saturday night we went to the girls very first baseball game! Oscar received tickets from work and it was a 7pm game, the girls took a nice nap in the afternoon and we packed pjs for the drive home. We parked rather far away but sprung for a pedicab ride to the stadium, which was a lot of fun for the girls.

We decided to pack a dinner rather than the expense of feeding us all a ridiculously priced hot dog there, so we brought our own turkey hot dogs, chips and hummus and raspberry almond coffee cake. It was good and a great way to keep the girls in their seats and watching the game.

It was the Nats vs. Mets and wonderfully for us the Nats won! The girls enjoyed all the clapping, the standing and clapping for home runs which were also accompanied by fireworks, and learning about the game. Around inning seven we went down to the playground (yes National Stadium has a playground for kids) and let the girls run around. Luli loved it and climbed up high and ran around quite a bit. Fiona on the other hand was nervous and scared of all the big kids running so fast around her, it was rather chaotic. Once we were done running around we began our trek back to the car (sans pedicab) and then got the girls into pjs, brushed teeth and headed home. Amazingly the girls stayed awake the whole ride home!

Beautiful Day to be Outside!

Today has been so beautiful, so we had to spend most of it outside playing with all our outside toys. The morning was spent out back playing with balls and digging in the sandbox. We did run some errands in between snack and lunch time though.

Luli wanted a picnic lunch and decided we should picnic in the dining room because "it's less windy inside." Lunch was painfully long, indoor picnics do not lend their hand to an efficient eat. Therefore they lost the option of playing in the pool before nap (which sun wise would have been great!). After nap time (nap for Fiona, rest for Luli - "I just wasn't that tired Mommy, I tried to though, sometimes that happens when you're a big girl, it's ok Mommy,") we ran to the grocery for two items needed to make dinner and then it was on to our final destination of the pool.

Wow, has one word ever created so much joy for Fiona?! I need to video her reaction to being told we're going to the pool, it's beautiful and hysterical. Enjoy the photos. I'm also trying a new thing with picasa photos on the sidebar, so you should be able to see more photos there (crossing fingers).

I hope you all enjoyed the day as much as we did!