Bees Game

over the 4th we were able to go to a Bees game (Noah's first) with Aaron's family. Noah was so excited to go, the whole way there Noah was obsessing about having cotton candy. apparently he's quite the deprived child and has never had something as American as cotton candy, so we promised the night would not end without that sugary, sticky goodness in his hands.

Our seats were awesome! we were on the second row, right next to third base.






Reagan was a champ - she ate shaved ice and love it and was even really good when passed down to grandma and grandpa. i thought with all the noise she'd get upset if we passed her around - but she just soaked it all up.





Noah loved screaming for the team and eating cotton candy... as promised.




It was fun watching Noah and Ella together - but when we tried to get Ella to smile with her parents, this was the pose we got. there's nothing like getting a 2-year-old to smile for the camera.




But the highlight for Noah came because he has a mother like me. (you know the type--crazy, intense, stops at nothing for her children, did i mention crazy?) So, I'm walking around the stadium, trying to get Reagan to go to sleep, and i notice a bit of a commotion down one of the isles. i stopped to check it out and saw that Bumble - the Bees mascot - was shaking hands with some kids. My first thought was 'Noah would love to see this mascot'.
Now, most people would leave it at that... but my thoughts don't stop there... i start imagining Bumble coming over to our section and seeing Noah's face light up when he sees the mascot and then its like the crazy mother in me takes over and i decide that i must find a way to get him to where Noah is. if i had my cell phone i would just call aaron and have noah come to me, but i didn't, so i'm left with no other option - but to take Bumble with me.
So, i stood at the top of the stairs and waited for him to come up. my plan was to simply ask him to stop by our area if he had time... if that didn't work - i would use other means... maybe not so pleasant. This took a little longer then i'd anticipated because people kept running over with their kids to see him, and the line would get longer and longer. i started giving these happy little hopeful kids dirty looks in hopes they'd be discouraged and leave - but it didn't work. i ended up waiting almost 20 minutes for him to make it to the top.
Finally, Bumble gets to where i am and a little kid starts running over to meet him, but with my quick thinking and cat-like speed i cut the kid off and started talking. I told him this was Noah's first baseball game and would he have a chance to come over to where we were so my son could see him. he must have known the grave danger he would be in if he blew me off - because, to my surprise, he nodded his big bee head and put my hand on his arm and motioned for me to take him there. It was AWESOME!! of course lots of kids tried to stop us on the way, but in my very official voice i told them, "Not right now - we're very busy".
When we got to our isle i led him by the hand to our row and called out Noah's name. His face was priceless. His eyes got so big with the sight of me standing next to this enormous bumble bee and me telling him he could come and meet him. I don't know which i enjoyed more.. Noah's excitement or the look of confusion on Aaron's face. it was pretty funny.
The mascot was really sweet to noah bending down to hug him. when i tried to take the picture, about 20 kids had swarmed us and i was having a hard time getting the shot- so Bumble just picked him up. It was great.




And to think, Jamie, i did it without a plate of brownies!! (Jamie, for those of you who don't know her- is my good friend from Virginia - and she has witnessed the power that comes from having a plate of brownies on hand.)


After the game, they let a bunch of us out on the field to watch the fireworks.





It was a really great night, with lots of fun memories.