Super Saturday

Great, crazy day!! We kicked off the SUNNY day with a 1-mile family run at Eli's soon-to-be elementary school. Eli ran the whole thing with me (walking a few times) and Maddux rode in the stroller with Lehr almost 100% of the mile. It was a great time all-around. Before the run we checked out a few of the festivities they had in the parking lot. Eli found a baseball game that he became obsessed with: the tee was air blowing out of a hole to suspend the ball in the air so you could hit it. He actually hit the ball in one of the outfield holes. All of the kids watching at that time said, "WHOH!!!" He was happy. Then we lined up for the race and the kids found friends from our neighborhood. Eli and Virginia even worked out some stretches so I could snap a few pictures. The best part for me was when we got to the end of the race: we were asked to cross the finish line in two separate corrals, but Eli wanted to hold hands when we finished. Love it!!

After the race we played in the parking lot a little more; Maddie in the jump castle and Eli at the baseball game. Then we went home to change and head out for lunch. We went to Antico, which is pretty much the coolest pizza place ever. The kids love going there because we eat IN the kitchen, next to all of the fire-y ovens. And we eat on prep-tables, if the staff isn't busy making pizza dough on them. (Mommy and Daddy love going there because it is SO good and the ingredients are crazy fresh.)

This is when the day started to get interesting....130PM and fatigue is setting in. However, the They Might Be Giants show was on the schedule for 2PM...no rest for the weary! We got to the show and found a spot on one of the ramped side-wings. This allowed a pretty good view of the stage, even for the kids. No opener, and TMBG started only a few minutes late, so before we knew it, both kids were dancing, air-drumming, and singing. Maddie went in and out of sleepiness (she loves to cuddle with Daddy when she gets this way!), but Eli was pretty locked in the whole time.

Next stop: Eli's baseball scrimmage. It took us just over 30 minutes to swing by the house before the game; both kids fell asleep in that time. I took Maddux inside and she napped another 15 or so while Daddy and Eli went on to the field. No problems getting the kids to sleep tonight!