Sounds Game

Last night, we took Claire to a Sounds game while Ava was spending time with Nana. We did this last year before Ava arrived, and Claire really seemed to enjoy it, so we decided to make it a point to take her again this season. This was our third attempt - both of the first two were rainy evenings.

They have a family zone at the entrance with inflatables and such, so we took advantage of this with Claire to try and get her good and worn out so she would hopefully sit still for most of the game. We actually didn't sit down until a few innings into the game, so she didn't have much trouble until toward the end, when we were able to bribe her with the impending fireworks. We of course kept busy with the usual baseball game fare - hot dogs for her/hamburgers for us, popcorn, ice cream, etc.


Sometimes sliding just isn't enough. She was reprimanded by the attendant for doing this, but I think her landing was punishment enough to keep her from doing it again (not pretty!). Kick those legs out, Claire, so you land on your bottom!

They won, now onto the fireworks! We purposely sought out a 6:00 p.m. game so that we would be able to stay for all the after-game fun. These swirls were some of Claire's favorite.

This was her first time to run the bases after the game, and boy was she fast! I wasn't quick enough to catch anything but her backside! She loved it!