One of the big perks of working at the ballpark is getting to bring the kids to the end-of-the-season employee party where they get to hang out on the actual major league field. This year, the party was themed around Halloween and fall festivals, with a mini hay bale maze, pumpkin decorating, and bouncy houses.
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| Uncle and Max picking out a pumpkin |
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| Daniel at the pumpkins |
The bouncy inflatable slide in left field included a pretty challenging maze section and the boys had to be helped through it by bigger kids when they tried. Caroline, of course, just turned on turbo-mountain goat mode and zoomed through a bunch of time.
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| Daniel in the maze (those are Max's red-socked feet beyond) |
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| Caroline at the top of the slide |
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| Action - through the wonders of Google! |
Poor Max was not feeling well this day, and it was really warm and a little muggy out on top of it all. I didn't realize just how badly he was feeling until he squatted down in left field. The poor guy had an accident and I, bad mommy, did not have a change of pants for him.
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| Poor Max |
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| Daniel is a little happier. |
I ended up having to take him into the bathroom, rinse his pants out in the sink (not successfully), and try to dry them with the air hand drier. And he still wasn't feeling great, but well enough to enjoy climbing around in the Giants dugout.
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| Can you tell it's a little hot? |
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| Max looks like he cheered up a little bit |
Social butterflies that we are, we moved on from this party to the next one - a going-away BBQ for Auntie Lee Ann before she leaves for her new job in Chicago. Her friend Sabrina was hosting in Martinez, so we were in for a long car ride with a stinky, unhappy Max and some hot and sweaty siblings. Luckily, we had brought a change of clothes for everyone to wear at the party, some cute little outfits that Auntie had brought back from Hawaii.
The boys' outfits included shorts, so we were able to ditch the stinky pants and I was starting to feel a little proud of myself. The kids came in and made themselves comfortable. Max's eyes got big at the fruit plate and he filled up on raspberries, climbed up on the beige couch, coughed, and promptly threw up all over himself and the couch. I was horrified. I'd brought my sick kid out into the world, so I was a bad mommy, obviously. And then he threw up and probably destroyed the upholstery on the host's couch, so I was a bad guest, too!
And then something magical happened - the hostess didn't lose her cool. Uncle swept Max up to rinse him off while she came in with a pile of wet and dry paper towels. She wiped up the mess, wiped it again, and it was gone. I was stunned, relieved (and instantly wanted to buy a NEW COUCH!)
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| Uncle and Daniel in his "uncle shirt" |
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| Max, feeling better, showing off the beads he collected at the party (don't ask me what he had to do to get them...nobody told me!) |
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| Caroline in her "uncle dress" |
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