Baseball Anyone?

Last night, we took Norah to see the local farm team for the Boston Red Sox. It was hot, humid, and a school night, but we had a blast! The stadium only holds about 5,000 people, so while there isn't really a bad seat in the house, we were 2 rows from the field! I think this really helped Norah get a feel for things, although she also seemed to like looking down from the concourse to see the whole field.


We've been to see the AAA team, and were duly impressed, and we weren't too sure what to think about the A team... but they did a great job, with the full ball park experience, without the hassle and prices of going into Boston! We'll do that at some point, for sure, but for now, this is just about our speed! They had all kinds of stuff going on at every batting change - mini race cars, vans tossing t-shirts, mascots doing funny things - you name it. They also had a big screen (not exactly a jumbo-tron) that would periodically flash up a message to "make some noise!" This, of course, was a huge hit, as Norah, and every other kid in the place went nuts, stomping their feet, yelling and clapping!

As always, we talked it up a little before we went, and she seemed pretty psyched about it. This morning, I asked her what her favorite part was, and she said "The Big Toothbrush" There was a toothbrush mascot that swept up the bases after the 3rd inning. So it wasn't the friend dough, hot dogs, peanuts, actual game, making noise, mini race cars or alligator mascots, it was the toothbrush that appeared for all of 3 minutes. Go figure.