We spent parts of the long weekend at Turner Field cheering on our hometown Braves. This was Miller's inaugural visit to a Brave's Game on Saturday afternoon. His buddy Jack invited him to a father/son game. Miller came home with a foam tomahawk and tales of the game & of course his hot dog meal. I'll upload those pics from our "daddy friendly" camera soon.
On Tuesday night's game, Miller's Upward team paraded around the field. Since Landon was the assistant coach this season, he helped lead the team around the perimeter of the field. He said it felt like opening ceremonies at the Olympics...ha! Grandmama and I kept little sister busy playing at the Taco Mac indoor playground at the center field level. She was content to fill her pregame moments sliding and running on the equipment.
And, there I was in my sundress sliding down the winding slides with her. She doesn't quite have the confidence to journey up inside the equipment on her own, Oh, the things we'll do to enjoy those moments with our kiddos.
Fortunately we packed lots of water. HOTlanta was just that on this humid evening. Eliza Kate always glistens like a true southern belle on muggy nights like these. Her head gets so sweaty from all her two year old running about.
We settled in our team block of seats..way up high in full sun. Taking a toddler is no easy chore at events like these. I was thankful that we were sitting near the exit so we could go back and forth to run around outside the stands to get her wiggles out.
Then we spotted Miller's team, the Mets. A Where's Waldo search of sorts led us to pick out which jersey'ed boys were ours.
They are hard to miss with their electric orange shirts. We waved wildly and Landon spotted us way up there in the nosebleed section. The highlight for Landon was getting an up close and personal view inside the dugout. Eliza Kate even said, "Ohh, there's Miller". She probably couldn't pick him out of the crowd, but she at least thought she did:)
She was too busy cooling down with her frozen strawberry lemonade treat. It was a cold way to entertain her in our seats. She had a dripping good time scooping out her dessert. Grandmama popped out her Mary Poppins umbrella which is a simple way to block the sun and we were content to take in Miller's circle around the field.
Eliza Kate really has no other choice but to come along and root
for her brother at his events. Her turn will come soon enough when he'll be handing her flowers at a recital. Who knows, maybe she'll be softball player? Finally, our men came to join us in our seats. Little legs don't move so fast especially when the boys were wide eyed taking all the sights in of the stadium. It was just too much cuteness for me to handle watching all the different teams locate their seats. Little league days are upon us. It hit me on this night. Miller held tightly to his souvenir bat from this last t-ball hoorah. Little gifts like these are so meaningful to the five year old boy.
I gave extra hugs to my little slugger. He just new he was "kinda a big deal" getting to parade around the field like that
Before settling in to watch a few innings, we let him enjoy Dip n' Dots and tell us all about his big adventure on Turner Field.
Part of the whole game going experience are the concessions. We made a few trips back in line to pick out just the right snack.
We had to laugh when every few minutes the startling announcement of "Cooold Beeeeeer" in a sing- songy rhythmic tone made us jump off our picnic bench. It was almost comical enough for a practical joke show. If anything, it added to the sights and sounds of people watching. The kids were even starting to repeat "Coooollld Beer" in the same tone before we couldn't handle one more loud announcement ringing in our ears.
Game day popcorn was the last snack of the day. Grandmama was her playful self and let EK play feeding games with her. This is just so entertaining for our little mommy in training. Since we were really there for the parade & snacks at this age, we felt ok with Miller enjoying a few innings before leaving. We were well into the 8 o' clock hour when Eliza Kate was running out of steam. Looking forward to the joys of next tball season.
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