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Yesterday we spent a lovely Mother’s Day at the Yard. Camden Yards, still the most beautiful park in baseball.
It just felt right that we spent the day at the baseball game, with my mom, Noel’s mom, Noel’s brother, his wife, and their three kids. We both came from pretty big baseball families–Noel is from the home of the Little League World Series and played baseball as a kid and some of my earliest memories were at the baseball game with my whole family and my grandmother. We used to sit in the bleachers at the old Memorial Stadium, and boy did we make a lot of noise!
It was sun hat day for the ladies, so we got our mom’s sun hats. Nice of us, huh? Okay, just kidding, we also got them hanging plants and those were quite the hit!
I actually really enjoyed going to the game with everyone and there’s sort of a not so secret reason–Noel is really into baseball. Like he screams so loudly he can get the whole section cheering with him. So for me, when we go just the two of us, it means I’m that girl sitting next to the loud crazy guy (you all know you’ve seen him at a ball game before). So yeah, it’s more fun for me when there are other folks around for me to talk to, for the moments when Noel is getting a little too intense. I think yesterday was also more fun for Noel, because his mom, brother, Tony and Carlos were all there to egg him on.
I also had a really good time playing with the kids and seeing them enjoy the foam fingers I bought them. I was a little shocked that they were $8 a piece, but it was totally worth it to see the kids get hours of fun out of them.
And of course, there was food. Boog’s BBQ. Best stadium food ever!
All in all, a really fun day. We are so lucky to have our family so close, and I really cherish these days with everyone.
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