Lexi and Aunt Michelle go to a Baseball game

Written by Michelle, August 2014

Lexi took me to the Nationals v. Diamondbacks game tonight, and even treated me to dinner! Lovely nutritious ballpark fare. She wanted cotton candy but agreed to eat it after she had eaten some real food (pizza and peanuts). Then we split a shaved ice and some funnel cake.

We sat in our seats for the first two innings and the top of the third. But shortly after the game began, Lexi looked at the "action" and leaned over to say in a low, rather surprised voice, "It's kinda boring." She rated the game at a 1 in terms of level of "interesting" (1=really boring and 10=really interesting). I think the snacks as food were the most interesting.

Nevertheless, Lexi wanted to know who we should cheer for. After explaining home v. Visiting teams, she decided we should cheer for the Nats. We watched the Nats score a triple play in the 3rd inning and then we left.

Leo wanted a hat. The hawkers were selling caps for $5 outside the park. So we decided to get one from them. As w exited the park, a man sitting on the sidewalk was rattling a cup. "They're homeless!" Lexi exclaimed. "We can't get anything from them." but a man in a wheelchair sitting beside the man with the cup (he was rattling the cup to draw attention to some CDs he was selling) had some caps that he sold for $5. So, Lexi chose a blue hat.

We got free tote bags as giveaways when we entered the park. So there was one for Lexi and one for Natalie.

As we walked to the metro, Lexi shared a secret. "My daddy wouldn't have let me eat cotton candy or buy the hat. That's why I chose you to go with me."

Earlier, I asked her how she felt about being 7. She said that she still feels like she is six, but she is getting too big to sit on my lap. The metro ride to the ballpark was a bit crowded, so she said she would sit on my lap in order to make space for someone else to sit down, but "you owe me for sharing the seat when I paid for it and I'm buying you dinner!" Imagine that?! Thankfully, the lady we offered the seat to said she wanted to stand Bc she had been sitting all day.