Twin's Game!

Sorry, I'll update on the 3rd week of summer programs in a bit. First I wanted to talk about the family's first Twin's game! We bought tickets a week or so ago, and started talking to Trevor about it. It was obvious he was really curious what it was going to be like because he had never seen anything like it, other than what he could see on TV.

So I ran to Target that morning and bought the rest of the family Twin's shirts. Russ had already had a #33 Justin Morneau and they had a similar #7 Joe Mauer shirt that Trevor got to wear. Immediately came the questions: Why is he #7? What does he do? Is he a good player? Why does daddy have #33?

Trevor took a great nap that afternoon as did Gwen so we knew we were good for most of the game. We parked a pretty short distance from the dome and I started talking about looking for the building that looked like a giant marshmello. He was kind of confused by that. But started to get it a little more once he saw it. We picked up our tickets at will call and walked into the building. We moved very slow for Trevor so he could take it all in, and we could see if he started to get scared or nervous or anything. Plus you wouldn't want to loose a 4 year old in a sea of people.

We found our seats shortly before the game began. It was a 7:00 game and no one had had dinner yet so everyone was hungry. Trevor went out with dad to go get some dinner food. Came back and ate, during that time I fed Gwen her Cheerios and graham crackers. After dinner, grandpa came over and sat with us. Amy and her friend were also at the game so they said hi too. Then Trevor went back up to get more snacks and a new Jersey with his name on it. They came back to the seats with the popcorn and ice cream and ate again. Gwen started to get upset and it was about 8:30 so I figured she was getting tired. She ate a bottle quick. Then the other one at 9:00 and was much happier. The noise didn't bother her during the game until daddy got a little too excited and scared her. From that point on, the noise bothered her. And speaking of noise, Trevor did really well with it. Yes, if it got too loud, he would plug his ears, but he didn't have them over his ears the entire time. And there were even a few times where he screamed out "Go Twins". I think he kind of enjoyed the fact he was somewhere where we wouldn't tell him to be quiet. There aren't that many places so he used it to his advantage.

A little before 9:30 I figured she was getting tired but couldn't sleep with the noise so I took her by the concessions. But that didn't work either. She just wanted to be on the ground so she could move around. Well, the game was almost over at about 9:50 so we started to head towards the exits. Waited until the final out before leaving and heading to the car. Trevor actually made it the entire way home without falling asleep. Gwen was asleep as soon as we got on the highway. I changed her and put her to bed. And then she slept until 7 this morning.

The game itself was great. Even though Trevor missed a few moments, I was happy there was so much action. I think there were something like 6 home runs and it didn't all happen in one inning. So of course, who do you think had the game winning home run? Joe Mauer. Trevor was pretty excited by that. If you ask Trevor what position Joe Mauer plays, he is the "striker". I've tried to say he is the catcher, but that doesn't compute. I'm also pretty sure he thinks the "striker" is the one responsible for strikes. NOT the pitcher. The pitcher is the position that you play when you are out in the field. Ready to catch any balls the batter hits towards you. I bet that is due to his t-ball days. Way to go Dad on at least getting him to understand where the pitcher is located! And he also knew sort of where to look for the bases and such. We were a little past 1st base so it was a very good view.

Oh, and one final note. The Twins played the Milwaukee Brewers. I told Trevor that, but again, it didn't really compute to him, so now whenever he (the Twins) are playing against the "bad guys" they are playing the "Imperial Walkers" - which if you say this out loud, it KIND of sounds like Milwaukee Brewers. And then you have a good laugh. What a cute kid that one is.