Take Us Out To The Ball Game...

One of the afternoons while we were in Cincinnati, we headed out to a Red's game!  This was the first time we'd taken all the kids to a big league game.  Harold grew up in Cincinnati, but hadn't been to a game since the Red's began playing in the new park.

The weather man called for scattered thunderstorms that day, so we were a little nervous that we'd have to run for cover at some point during the game, but we only felt a couple drops and the sun actually came out for the middle of the game.  The cloudiness was nice, it kept us cool, and there was a nice breeze for most of the time.

We ended up with great seats.  We were just to the right of home plate up high enough to have a great view of not only the whole ball park, but also of the Ohio River and some of the city surrounding the ball park.

We got there early and found our seats, taking in all the sights and sounds.  There's nothing like hearing the organ playing all the fun ditties and the announcer's booming voice.  We dug into our peanuts we had bought on the way in.

This was Lena's birthday, so Daddy bought her a special treat of her favorite--COTTON CANDY!!!  Nobody loves cotton candy like Lena!

We had a ball park lunch of hot dogs, chips, popcorn, and pop.  A trip to the ball park's just not complete without a hotdog!!!

Matthew enjoyed all the music and cheering!  He didn't like it when the sun came out, so we had to go out and walk around the breezeway to cool off.  He was a much happier boy when the clouds made their appearance again.

Jared loved the game.  He cheered and clapped and laughed the whole 9 innings.  He would repeat the announcer's phrases and add his own commentary occasionally.

Everybody had fun watching the game.  The kids were all very into it.

Sadly, the Red's didn't win the game that day.  But I think the day was a success anyway!  We all had a great time just taking it all in and being together.  What could be better?