So on the day after Easter and Daddy's birthday the plan was for Sara to bring the girls downtown for the parade and for Randall and me to meet them for lunch. That Monday morning was freezing cold and at one point mid-morning it even started snowing. Sara debated not coming as she was afraid the girls would just be old and cranky, but they were insistent, they wanted to go to the Reds parade!
So they came downtown and I met them for lunch on fountain square. It was packed. I realized that I had actually never before come down to the parade and had only watched portions of it out my office window. I was amazed at how many people were out and how festive the atmosphere was despite the cold. The girls complained a bit about the cold but they were excited once the parade started. They enjoyed it until Mr. Red Legs came over to tell them hello. Then Kenzie nearly crawled out the back of her stroller trying to escape his reach. She was terrified of this larger than life "boy" and said she wanted to go home. She was worried that the "boy with the baseball head" was going to come back. I was afraid that this experience might have traumatized her for the duration of the baseball season, but she recovered quickly and by them time I got home from work that evening she said, "Mom, you know that boy with the baseball head, I know his name. It's Mr. Red Legs and the lady is Rosie. Mom, I wasn't scared of him, my baby was scared."
"Oh, ok," I answered. "So you still want to go to a Reds game"
"Yes, Mom! We do," they replied.
And so that weekend we went to our first Reds game of the season. The girls were so excited! When we arrived at the stadium they were excited just to play with the baseball player statues outside of the ballpark. When we got inside they wanted to go straight to the play area. So we let them play and had lunch before actually finding our seats. The girls were mesmerized by all of the sights and sounds. They enjoyed the music as each player came up to bat, loved cracking open peanuts and throwing the shells on the ground. They were so excited that they could see the river and the boats from our seats and thought eating ice cream out of a baseball cap bowl was about the coolest thing ever. ANd halfway through the game Lexi exclaimed," look Mommy! There are mens playing a game down there!" With all of the other distractions and excitement it was only then that she realized that there was actually a baseball game in progress. Too cute!
I think it is safe to say that they enjoyed their first game of the season. They weren't even scared of the fireworks that followed the home run because they remembered them from last year. And while the Reds didn't win this one (our future neighbor who is the Nationals pitcher actually came in and ended up winning it for the Nationals) it was a fun day and we will certainly be back at the ballpark for more fun this season!
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