September Saturdays :: Rooting for the Royals

9/21
In early September Will chose a Royals game as his second reward for a month of patch wearing. After consulting with both the Royals' calendar and TJ's travel schedule we were left with 2 possible games, one of which was Sunday. Will had to wait an additional 2 weeks before he received his reward, but he was willing to wait. He's always liked baseball, but this season he turned into a fan.

It was "Fan Appreciation Night," and the first 10,000 people got free blankets. Of course we got there early. We hung out in the kid zone for about an hour before we headed to our seats at the start of the game. It was a packed house, probably the highest attended game our family has ever been to. At the time the Royals still had an outside chance at the wildcard spot, so there was a spirit of optimism in the air.

Riding the carousel

Love those fountains

Will really enjoyed himself on the playground. Climbing is serious business.

There was a live 80s cover band that we danced to for awhile. Some drunk Rangers fans really liked TJ's moves.

Both Will and Lauren got up to bat at the "Little K."

Lauren

Will

By the time the game actually started I was ready to sit down. Early runs by the Rangers put a damper on the crowd's enthusiasm. Refusing to rest before we went to the baseball game put a damper on Will's enthusiasm. We still had fun.

Lauren surprised us all and had a was happy for the entire four hour excursion. Except for when I wouldn't let her eat a piece of hot dog the little boy sitting behind us dropped. Nobody's perfect.

It was fun having my dad with us too.