Fans for a Day

Long before we were given the free Cubs tickets, we bought some tickets to a San Francisco Giants game for this last week of summer.  We've been wanting to take the girls to AT&T Park and I got our seats for just $5 each.  Yes, they were right where you'd guess $5 seats would be-- just a few rows from the very very top, but these cheap seats still had a great view.  You know our loyalty lies with Chicago, so we don't really follow the Giants.  It was cool when they won the World Series last year and all, but mostly we were going for the experience today.  What an experience it was! 

The Giants ball park is so fun and so perfect for kids!  We spent half the game just walking around enjoying all the distractions.  This giant Coke bottle is actually a two story tunnel slide!  Ella and Dave raced down and, as you can see from Ella's backward glance, she won! 

There's a real cable car you can sit on to watch the game.  There are fountains that shoot water high into the sky after a home run (we did get to see this!).  In between each inning there are crazy activities like Beard Cam or paddle surfers jousting in the bay.  Of course, we had to check out all the boats and kayaks in the bay waiting to catch their own Splash Hit (we didn't get to see any of those).

The day was beautiful and the stadium really fun to explore.  Good thing because the Giants were pretty lousy today.  In the last few innings they were down by 7 runs!  Delia came to life at the bottom of the ninth when we all screamed our rally cheers.  Though it felt somewhat sarcastic and totally delusional at this point, it sure was fun to belt out "Don't Stop Believin'" with a crowd of passionate fans!

 

We left the game glad for the experience and planning on returning.  Yet, we reminded ourselves of this very important truth, spoken eloquently by Ella: "I like the Cubs better...because they actually won."