eight is great! (and keeps us up late!)

So on Friday, the Slackers headed into DC to see the Reds take on the Nats. After a pretty whiny drive into the city, John and I were a little nervous on how it would all play out. Turns out we had nothing to worry about. In fact, the worst part was the few harrowing minutes when I had to wrangle both girls on a city street while John ...ahem... purchased tickets from a nice young man who could not make it to the game. During this time, E stuck her hand in gum (not her own) and A thought she'd play a few rousing games of catch me if you can while sprinting into a crowd of people towards the street.

We had great seats in the lower level. The girl in front of us was picked for one of those time-fillerr contests, so our section won gift certificates to the ESPN Zone and the whole fam made it on the JumboTron when she was on camera. Then, in true It's a Small World fashion, our friends John and Courtenay ended up sitting two rows in front of us...so we were able to spend a good portion of the game chatting with them. (Well, John chatted, I entertained the girls...)

And the girls? Total rock stars. They had a great time eating their stadium food dinner (hot dog for A, pizza for E) and then cotton candy for dessert. We actually convinced E that the cotton candy guy checks to make sure you have eaten your dinner prior to giving you the cotton candy, which worked well in our favor. They watched some fo the game, played with the ample amount of toys we brought and generally had a good time. The lady sitting behind us remarked at how well behaved they were, which is always a bonus.

At the seventh inning stretch, we took a potty break, stopped by to say HI to another friend at the game, and then decided to head home. It was 10 PM and the eighth inning. The girls both crashed on the way home and got carried up to bed without a peep. Here are some pictures from the evening.

On the way to the stadium...


Sharing the $6.00 bottle of water (yikes!)

The Slackers

Cotton Candy!

Mama's Sunglasses provide an inning's worth of fun!

The rest of the weekend was pretty fun. John took the girls on a little bonding trip on Saturday while I got to go shopping and get a pedicure. Pure heaven. We made pizzas on Satuday night (E was a big help) and then John and I watched The Other Boelyn Girl with a bottle of wine. On Sunday, the girls and I made pancakes, and then they played most of the day on the water slide with the neighbors. All in all a good summer weekend.