Dear Parks & Rec Guy in the red shirt...
Yes...YOU...I appreciate that you work for our city's wonderful parks and rec department. I appreciate that I can put both of my sons into 3 sports a year for a very low rate. And I appreciate the beautiful facilities that my boys are able play at....what I DON'T appreciate is YOU talking about ME after I ask for some ice for my child who has just been hit by a kid pitched baseball. That's right...my friend heard you and of course came back and told me...when I come to the concession stand and nicely ask for an icepack for my ball hit child, I would really appreciate you smiling and asking if he is OK and then promptly getting me that ice pack so his arm doesn't start to swell and discolor. I don't appreciate you telling me sarcastically to "GEESH...CALM DOWN. He ONLY got hit in the arm by a baseball." WHAT...I'M SORRY...WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME???? He only got hit with a baseball??? Is that what YOU just said to ME about MY son??? Oh cuz I didn't quite hear you. Maybe when YOU have a son of your own and HE gets hit by a kid pitched baseball then YOU might feel like ME...and when the worker who you ask for ice from talks smack behind your back...YOU can go off on him like a spider monkey on crack. SO next time my kid gets hit by a ball and I ask for some ice (I mean IT is your job, isn't it?) please just smile, ask if he is OK and get the stupid ice pack.
Thank you so very much,
The Red-Faced Yelly Baseball Mom
Yes...YOU...I appreciate that you work for our city's wonderful parks and rec department. I appreciate that I can put both of my sons into 3 sports a year for a very low rate. And I appreciate the beautiful facilities that my boys are able play at....what I DON'T appreciate is YOU talking about ME after I ask for some ice for my child who has just been hit by a kid pitched baseball. That's right...my friend heard you and of course came back and told me...when I come to the concession stand and nicely ask for an icepack for my ball hit child, I would really appreciate you smiling and asking if he is OK and then promptly getting me that ice pack so his arm doesn't start to swell and discolor. I don't appreciate you telling me sarcastically to "GEESH...CALM DOWN. He ONLY got hit in the arm by a baseball." WHAT...I'M SORRY...WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME???? He only got hit with a baseball??? Is that what YOU just said to ME about MY son??? Oh cuz I didn't quite hear you. Maybe when YOU have a son of your own and HE gets hit by a kid pitched baseball then YOU might feel like ME...and when the worker who you ask for ice from talks smack behind your back...YOU can go off on him like a spider monkey on crack. SO next time my kid gets hit by a ball and I ask for some ice (I mean IT is your job, isn't it?) please just smile, ask if he is OK and get the stupid ice pack.
Thank you so very much,
The Red-Faced Yelly Baseball Mom
**and Colin was indeed fine...but really just get the stupid ice pack!!**
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And the game starts with the drop of the puck....
Let's go DEFENSE!
It was a 
One last picture before heading home!
I love them so much that they now look like this...all yucky with holes in the soles...sad I know...
...and the best part is there are no holes in these soles!! (yet anyways!)
...it was a cold & windy Thursday evening....when the Indians played the Cubs. Here is the team warming up.
...Colin at bat
...Brendan at bat...a swing and a miss...see the ball in the catcher's mitt??? Strike 1...
...Colin letting the field know that there is 2 outs...what a loud mouth!
...Brendan in the field.
...Colin playing catcher...these fields are so hard for the boys to play on...they are the practice fields for the Kansas City Royals when they are in town for spring training...so they are too big for the kids (I think!)...long back stops and instead of running on dirt they have to run on grass since they have to make the baselines shorter....it's hard to slide on grass.. :P
...Brendan with a pop fly...
...another favorite picture...Colin is on 3rd & Brendan is batting...Colin slid into home for another score...it wasn't at this bat...but in the 6th inning and last score of the game Brendan hit a true home run...it was FANTASTIC!! And because I was cheering...stand up screaming cheering...I didn't get any pics!! Oh well...
...and this McCraken got hit by a pitch today... :(...on the arm. He is OK... just a bruise...way to take one for the team Colin!
Colin playing video games in our bowl chair
We usually only see them once a year but no matter how long it is in between visits it seems as though we just saw one another. Grace and I met in 1998, the summer we both were married! We worked together and then we both were pregnant at the same time...Brendan was born in March 2000 and her oldest Sean was born April 2000.
After lunch and playtime we headed to the pool so the boys could take a dip!
But before leaving...pictures are a must! Me & Grace
