Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Yesterday we watched the Mariner's win their last game of the season. They've lost 101 games, but rallied to beat the A's 4-3. The first inning did not look so good, but after that, you wouldn't know that the Mariner's were the worst team in baseball. And being their last game, and Kids' Appreciation Day, the crowd was pretty decent. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Our seats were high, but right behind home plate, and we loved every minute of it.

For the first time, Sam was able to make it through the whole game, if you include the break to run his own home runs on the eating area deck. He was Ichiro and he scored every time!

This trip to the ballpark was our family gift to Ari for his birthday a couple of weeks ago. With very little coaching, it was Sam's idea. Sam's job was to think of something that Ari likes a lot but that would be particularly special coming from his family. Sam came up with the baseball game and planned the special delivery of the surprise. Sam devised a card to give Ari a clue to guess the present. Here it is.

The front shows a hand holding a bat hitting a ball. Sam has written the word "bat" just in case it's not clear.

The inside shows a catcher's mitt (was much clearer before colored) and a baseball with the note to Ari that Sam dictated to me. The backside shows the 3 of us enjoying a baseball game together......and we truly did!