We live about 10 minutes away from the Goodyear Ball Park, the spring training campus for the Reds and Indians. Every single day this month there has been a game at the ball park and Steve drools with jealousy every time we pass the full stadium. So I finally suggested we skip Brian's naptime (all the games are at 1pm--prime nap time) and attend a game on sunday. It just happened that the Reds were playing the LA Dodgers. The Dodgers won 2-1.
Brian loves baseball--he plays a little t-ball on saturdays now, loves to throw and catch with Steve (or anyone who will agree to it) and he seemed interested in the summer last year when we took him to an AZ Diamondbacks game. We've found that the key is food, food, and more food. During the course of the game, he ate a hot dog, yogurt, goldfish, fruit gummies, a lemonade, and some "pink ice cream" (strawberry). When the food was all gone and he started to complain of being tired and bored, we handed him clean wipes and told him to clean the seats--that bought us the last two innings. Near the end of the game, the camera guy came our way and Brian had about 15 seconds of fame on the scoreboard big screen, waving and smiling. The nice people sitting behind us took some pictures of the screen and later emailed them to me! When the game was over, Brian and Steve ran the bases and we drove home quickly so Brian could have a late nap!
Our little guy on the big screen!
Steve and Brian running the bases, that's them on second
