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The Bees

Jillian

Andrew Clairissa and Mom huddled under the blankets

Mom

Clairissa, Mom, and Jillian

Abigail, Dad, and Zachary

The ball field, see we had great seats.

Andrew

Last night Mark received free tickets to a Bees game from somebody that he works with, so we bundled up, brought blankets, and went to the game. It was so much fun. Hardly anyone was there because of the cold so our seats were wonderful and right down the stairs from a bathroom, thank goodness since the girls had to use the restroom 4 times! i was really glad that we brought blankets because it was COLD! Afterwards we got a tour of the room where they take care of all of the editing and displaying for the big board. I brought my camera but of course forgot the chip in my computer so the only pictures we have are from our cell phones but I was not going to go without documenting the fact that we did something fun as a family. lol. (see 100 things about me number 62)

Half way through the game Jillian was crying for water and wanted to take a drink out of the bathroom sink. Ew, gross, and the water is warm too. So, I had Mark go out to the car and smuggle in a couple of water bottles. It was a good thing that he went out because apparently we were parked on the sidewalk. (Not that you could tell there was a sidewalk, and there weren't any no parking signs, and there were at least 10 other cars parked there before we even got there so it looked like a parking area.) Well, we got a ticket for $17, and if we hadn't found the ticket when we did our car would have been impounded. I just love it when free turns into something other than free. Andrew said he saw a cop just waiting there watching the cars drive in and park. I think they lay in wait knowing full well people will park there every time! Ok, on to the happy stuff. We didn't get impounded and we had a family outing those are both good things!

The rest of the story happened this morning. Jillian loved the whole thing (not that you can tell in the picture) and this morning when Mark asked her if she liked the bee we heard all about it! I think she used every word in her vocabulary at least 50 times as she told us all about the bee giving her a high five and knuckles, the ducks on the field, the bee running, and who knows what else. I am not exaggerating at all when I say she went on about our outing for at least 10 minutes non-stop. Mark and I talked, the kids talked and she just kept going and going and going. She even added body movement to her story with running, and bending backwards as she told us about the bee laying across peoples laps. It was the most she has ever talked at one time and I had no idea that she had thought our outing was so much fun. It definitely made a large impact on her!

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