Orioles vs. Nats

Siena practicing her baseball before we went to the game!

We got to go to a baseball game this weekend. It was Bens first game. He was all decked out in his Orioles outfit. He got lots of comments on how cute he was. Siena unfortunately has outgrown her Orioles cheerleading outfit but we found her some cute orange clothes. So we went to the new baseball stadium and it was fun. The kids were really good too. We drove in to Dave's work and then took the metro over to the stadium. We had the nosebleed seats way up top and right in the sun so we decided to walk around for a little while in the shade so Ben wouldn't get heat stroke. Finally the sun went down enough and the game started. It was packed with people. We were there with the Earnest and the Ashtons. All the kids were really good. I was surprised. At the bottom of the 5th they had a rain delay with a big lightening storm. This was the point that we were happy we had the high seats because they were covered. Everyone was running up to get under cover and we didn't even have to move our seats. Thinking back on it, it probably would have been smart to get to lower ground, but we were ok. It was a beautiful lightening storm. It lasted a while, maybe an hour before the game started again. We got to see all the grounds crew work their magic. We lasted I think till the 8th inning then Siena was starting to lose it. The Orioles were up 9-1 so we thought it would be ok to leave. GO ORIOLES! The big chaos was the metro home. I was SO upset. My biggest nightmare is that I get seperated from Siena on the metro and she leaves on the train and I am not able to get on. So Dave had Siena and I had Ben in the baby carrier. The metro was jam packed and Dave was running to get on and got on and the doors closed and Ben and I were at the station still! I was so mad. Siena was sad too. I could see her crying as the metro took off. I had no idea where I was, all I knew was that I had to change trains somewhere and that we had parked at metro center. I got off at the next metro stop thinking maybe Dave and Siena had gotten off there to wait for us. They didn't so I waited for the next train. Finally I found my way back to metro center. The trains seemed to be sooooo slow. Have I mentioned that I was so mad!!! So now my biggest fear has come true and hopefully it will never happen again! We now know if we get seperated to get off at the next metro stop and wait. I guess it's good to talk about the what if's, so we know what do to when they happen and it's good to talk about where you are going and how to get there. Overall it was a great game and the kids were amazingly well behaved!