We've been saying it all summer and we finally did it. Even if it was the last game of the season. Matt and I took Maddy to her first "real" baseball game. The Charlotte Knights are a minor league team here in the area and the games are affordable, safe and lots fun! Grandma and Grandpa offered to keep Hannah Dean overnight for us so we could make this a special Maddy only event.
She wasn't sure what to think at first and her main concern was at what point during the game were we going to buy her the ice cream we'd promised. We had great seats about 10 rows up from the Knights dugout so we were able to spend lots of time watching the mascot, Homer the Dragon. As with most things in costume, Maddy was excited but not excited enough to walk down there to say hello :) So we kept our distance and just waved. Matt and Maddy enjoyed a hot dog while I ate enough nachos to make a grown man sick. We then moved on to popcorn which Maddy held and rationed a piece for each of us, one by one.
After the 7th inning stretch we left our seats for the play area. Maddy was able to play a few games and even managed to get in the inflatable bouncy house by herself. After the games we went and stood in a 20 minute line for ice cream in a souvenir baseball hat. It was SO worth it! We found a nice spot on the general admission grass and she ate every last drop. I was a nervous wreck but this grassy area is the place where the parents that don't want to watch their kids sit. So the parents are laid out on a blanket somewhere while their kids proceed to roll down the hill over and over until they throw up. Definitely a new experience for Maddy and Mommy did her best to try and just go with it!
She wasn't sure what to think at first and her main concern was at what point during the game were we going to buy her the ice cream we'd promised. We had great seats about 10 rows up from the Knights dugout so we were able to spend lots of time watching the mascot, Homer the Dragon. As with most things in costume, Maddy was excited but not excited enough to walk down there to say hello :) So we kept our distance and just waved. Matt and Maddy enjoyed a hot dog while I ate enough nachos to make a grown man sick. We then moved on to popcorn which Maddy held and rationed a piece for each of us, one by one.
After the 7th inning stretch we left our seats for the play area. Maddy was able to play a few games and even managed to get in the inflatable bouncy house by herself. After the games we went and stood in a 20 minute line for ice cream in a souvenir baseball hat. It was SO worth it! We found a nice spot on the general admission grass and she ate every last drop. I was a nervous wreck but this grassy area is the place where the parents that don't want to watch their kids sit. So the parents are laid out on a blanket somewhere while their kids proceed to roll down the hill over and over until they throw up. Definitely a new experience for Maddy and Mommy did her best to try and just go with it!
Last stop on the way home was the gift shop where the option to pick one thing had been promised. Prices are so affordable so you really don't have to worry about the kids wanting something crazy. Maddy's pick was a foam Homer the Dragon hat. Let's just say, I'm glad she's so cute because very few people could pull this thing off.
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