Playing Games

Friday, I got to go to the Giants' home opener - without the babies! (We really must stop calling them "the babies" now that they're "toddlers", but "the toddlers" just doesn't have the same ring.)  My friend Sam and I went, both ditching maternal duties for one day.  We even wore our fancy, new Giants headbands, courtesy of Sams' friend at "Twinsanity Designs".

Someone gave Orlando Cepeda some new socks!

Our hair bows

Introducing the line ups

The view from our seats

You cannot imagine how hard it was to get a picture where we looked even THIS good.

It was a great day, with the forecasted rain staying away and our favorite pitcher, Matt Cain (remember? he came to see the babies in the hospital when they were just a day old!), throwing a complete game, 1-hit shut out.  Sam bought a little mini baseball bat for her year and a half old son.  When we got home, Max grabbed it and started playing with it like it was a trumpet.  Unfortunately, I got a picture later when he was just swinging it around.  Good thing I didn't buy one for him!

Look at that bat speed!  It's a blur!

Today, Joe and I worked at the Giants game while my brother watched the Teenies.  At nap time, he texted to tell me about a new game they'd developed.  Caroline would point at Daniel and yell "Mommy!", at which point Uncle Kelly would correct her by saying, "Dann-yul", and then the two of them would fall over laughing.  When we got home, Daniel was still playing this game and would run around and fall over laughing every time we said his name.

Another game that Caroline has learned - and subsequently taught both boys - is how to spin around in circles and make yourself dizzy.  I think this is greatly influenced by the new ceiling fan - they even spin the same direction as the fan!  Caroline and Daniel both enjoy careening around the room trying to get their equilibrium back, but Max tends to giggle and then sink down into a "child's pose" to ride out the dizziness.

Daniel and Caroline also grabbed the trays from their high chairs tonight, put them on the floor, and commenced to "surf".  Or maybe they imagined they were skateboarding?  Either way, it was adorable.

There is one new game, which Max debuted tonight, whose origin we can't quite pinpoint.  Approaching bedtime, Max was very hyper and was running from where we were in the living room.  At one point, he ran in with his eyes pinched closed, like a little blind baby.  This was, apparently, hilarious.  We definitely thought it was worth a chuckle.  So he continued to run around with his eyes shut.  Amazingly, he always opened them in time to avoid any obstacles and he didn't fall down once!

I can only wonder what tomorrow's game will be.

Oh, yeah, and they broke IN to the baby jail!