Here we are, just returning from 14 wonderful days in the company of beloved family. My grocery list sits before me, my half-unpacked suitcases are exploding and every toy in the joint was pulled out early this morning (we're still on Eastern time) in the girls' efforts to become reacquainted. Amidst this chaos, we're happy to be home again and feeling renewed from the quality time we shared with those we love most. We had some great adventures in the Midwest and I'll begin my long series of posts telling you about them now...
Christopher, our brother-in-law, scored us some free tickets to a Cubs game through his work. His company's seats were great! Under shelter from the sun and right on the 3rd base line. This was the first thing we did in Chicago and it was the perfect way to get us excited about being back in our hometown!
The girls were able to borrow some Cubs gear from their cousins, so we were appropriately dressed in Cubbie Blue.
Dave and I loved the game and the experience of being back in Wrigley Field, but the girls had bouts with boredom. Luckily some fun snacks helped. Ella picked a ballpark must, Cracker Jack, and Delia picked cotton candy. Another new part of enjoying a ballgame with kids was dealing with all the times they needed to climb out of our middle-of-the-row seats. I watched the 5 guys at the end of our row drink beer after beer and I'm just glad they were happy drunks. As we apologized and bumped past them for the 3rd time, they raised their cups and yelled, "No problem! Go Cubs!" at us. Gotta love Chicago!
Of course, the best part of day was that last inning when things got really exciting as the Cubs tried to hang onto their 1 run lead. We stood and screamed for strikes and cheered when the "W" flag was raised. I'm so glad we could see a game that ended with a Win!
To answer the question posed in the title: "Cubs are gonna win today! Go Cubs go!" (Delia's been singing it for the past 2 weeks!)
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