The Cubs took care of business again tonight and both kids were there to witness it.
As soon as we sat in our seats at the Cubs/Braves game, Eli asked for peanuts. The pushover that he is, D bought some right away. I was very impressed to see Eli actually crack the shells himself most of the time. How grown up!! Maddux didn't like staying seated (what 1-year old walker does?), so Lehr and I took turns walking around with her on the upper deck from time to time. When she was in the seat she posed for her first washed-out- beer-bottle-in-Cubs-gear picture. (I'm sure it won't be the last.) At one point Eli told us he had to use the restroom and D offered to take him. Eli was successful in his endeavor, so D rewarded him by purchasing a new bat/ball combo. Way to step up the rewards, David. That makes my job SOOO much easier! ;)
On our way out, we stopped by the kids' area downstairs so Eli could hit the ball a few times. There is a small baseball field set up with staff and older kids working the field while random kids (Eli included) wait in line to hit the ball and run the bases. Eli stepped up to the plate, tapped it a few times with his bat, and knocked it out of the park on the first try. He ran around the bases twice before stopping for high fives. The second time around he took two strikes before he got a hit, but the same enthusiasm went into his tour-de-bases. (As before, more pictures
here.)
As soon as we sat in our seats at the Cubs/Braves game, Eli asked for peanuts. The pushover that he is, D bought some right away. I was very impressed to see Eli actually crack the shells himself most of the time. How grown up!! Maddux didn't like staying seated (what 1-year old walker does?), so Lehr and I took turns walking around with her on the upper deck from time to time. When she was in the seat she posed for her first washed-out- beer-bottle-in-Cubs-gear picture. (I'm sure it won't be the last.) At one point Eli told us he had to use the restroom and D offered to take him. Eli was successful in his endeavor, so D rewarded him by purchasing a new bat/ball combo. Way to step up the rewards, David. That makes my job SOOO much easier! ;)
On our way out, we stopped by the kids' area downstairs so Eli could hit the ball a few times. There is a small baseball field set up with staff and older kids working the field while random kids (Eli included) wait in line to hit the ball and run the bases. Eli stepped up to the plate, tapped it a few times with his bat, and knocked it out of the park on the first try. He ran around the bases twice before stopping for high fives. The second time around he took two strikes before he got a hit, but the same enthusiasm went into his tour-de-bases. (As before, more pictures here.)
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