Root Root Root for the Home Team!

Husband has been working HARD. His promotion involves a lot more meetings and this time of year is just an all around busy time for the company. With the end of the fiscal year, then a kick off of the new fiscal year and all the stuff that comes with that, he's had a lot of nights gone lately. 

Fanatics contacted me about writing for their Family Fanatics Initiative, a blogging challenge to find how sports can bring a family together. Fanatics is a leading online retailer of all things sports. From adults to infants if you need it in your preferred sports team they probably have it including an abundance of baseball hats. They even have things for the canine sports fans that you may or may not have. Either way... good selection abounds. 

As luck would have it, we were in need of some quality family time! And again as luck would have it last week was Husband's departments turn in the corporate suite! So with plans to go to the baseball game anyway I said yes to the challenge of writing about sports. We got an all expenses paid evening to watch a game, eat ballpark food and enjoy some time together care of the good people who employ my Husband. That is a pretty nice perk especially considering all the time he's spent away from us lately. We had a really good time. Parking was a breeze! 2 weeks ago the river ate the parking lot:

See those trees on the other side of the bridge? We parked there this week. It only smelled like river but the water was back where it was supposed to be! It was a crowded game, partly because we were still reaping the benefits of the fake polar vortex so there was no humidity, it wasn't even 80 and it was sunny! It was also free hat night, and free stuff brings all the kids to the yard. But then it was ALSO $2 beer night so... yeah. 

The Ferris Wheel is new this year and this is the first time we had been to the park this season so it was the talk of the night from the 2 year old. He did sit and watch baseball for a few actual minutes but mostly he wanted to explore, chat and play with the free flags that came with the hats. 

See the fruit plate that just happened to be at toddler height? That is pretty much his preferred buffet. If I had moved the bowl of popcorn down there it would have been the best night ever for him. 

We finally sat down as a family unit and watched the whole 7th inning including singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." And while the home team did not, in fact win, we had a great time. We are so lucky to have had this time together as a family and it was nice to mingle with the co-workers and their kids too. 

We had one happy toddler the next day. Talking about baseball and playing with his little flag still. He so enjoyed his family night doing something different than usual! We will have to make this a more regular thing. And coming soon is hockey season which I like even more than baseball. Hopefully we'll be able to make that happen this winter too!