The Old Ball Game

These photos are from our trip to US Cellular Field (The Cell) for a White Sox game on April 10th.

Momma & Darius in front of the main gate at The Cell

It was FREEZING that day!

Darius & Papi trying not to freeze

An obstructed view of the city skyline above.  Redeemed below.

Chitown skyline from ramp at The Cell

Wide view on an exceptionally clear day – musta been that 20 degree windchill!

Wide view

Various Darius

Happy Boy in Red Bib

Happy Boy Waiting for Bus Under Jeans Quilt (This red hat, last year, covered my eyes and some of my nose too!)

In My First Pinstripes – going to my first minor league baseball game

With Obaachan & Papi

Even big boys gotta nap now & again

Watching the Kane County Cougars

“Take Me Out to the Ball Game!” If you think this is good, you shoulda seen me do the Y.M.C.A.!

Having fun with Papi

Out Cold!

Asleep in Blue

Sealing my lips around the Nuby cup spout for the first time!

Comparative tanning: Big Legs tried to get tan; small legs had 50 SPF applied at all times!

Enjoying a Sunset with Papi

Punkin Huntin

Pumpkins at Cottonwood Farms

Today I went with Darius’ class to a pumpkin patch that’s pretty close to our house.  The good news is that going with a school, admission was free.  The bad news is, if you go individually, it’s $12 just to get in.  The good news, Cottonwood Farms is not the most expensive pumpkin patch out there.

The first thing we did when we got there was go on a hayride.

Classroom 7 on a hayride

With all the strollers & chairs, there wasn’t a lot of room for hay.  It was a bouncy ride, and nearly every child fell asleep, except Darius – he loves bouncy, and was having a blast!

Darius on the Bouncy Hayride

Next, we went to feed baby goats – well little goats, anyway.  They ate grain out of an ice cream cone, then ate the cone.  I Don’t really have a decent picture of it, but, here ya go:

LCD screen, sun behind me, and batts dying, I'm surprised to even see goats here!

We were getting ready to go, and saw this cow bench, just begging to have it’s picture taken with us.

Momma & Boo on the Cow Bench

We took a couple versions of a class picture.  This is the one, I thought, turned out best…

Aide, Sam, Carolyn, Brady, Daniel, Rose, Darius, Barb, Samaria, Angie, Kenzie & Teacher Alex

…But this one has more people in it:

Daniel, Jared, Brady, Darius, Alex, Kenzie, Carolyn, Samaria, Barb, Sam,...

…Sam’s Dad, Timmy, Angie, Timmy’s brother, & Timmy’s grandmother.

After taking this last photo, everyone went & loaded the vans while I bought a couple of pumpkins for our house – the children each got a freebie.  We had to get back to the school for lunch.

Summer Reruns

Since many of you have not had the opportunity to read my blog on Myspace.com, I’ve decided to re-post some of my faves from that time here – edited where necessary, and spell checked too.

BY ORDER OF THE TSA

Midway to Humiliation

So, I’m going thru airport security – cause that’s what you gotta do these days. Our flight out of Midway is at oh dark thirty, which means we’re going thru security at practically la madrugada (middle of the night for all you non-Spanish speakers). Consequently, I forget to remove & show ALL of Buba’s meds & food from our carry on. Big mistake. (Another big mistake is taking a baby thru security in bib overalls with genuine metal fasteners no matter how cute he is in them – but that’s another story.)