Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Phillies Phun

We took the Sooy Kids to a Phillies game on Saturday night - Sean's first Phillies game was way back in September 2009 but this was Clare's first visit to Citizens Bank Park!  We picked a beautiful night for a game and good night to get stuck in traffic on this way into Philly - former manager Charlie Manuel was being inducted into the Phillies Hall of Fame - so that pushed gametime back a little bit.

At our seats - I'm not sure why Clare looks sad in this photo...

...so here's a smiling one of Daddy and Sean:

Ahh, that's better:

We caught then end of the induction ceremony and then watched the first 4 or 5 innings from our seats - Clare was always on the lookout for the Philly Phanatic (or "my friend" as she refers to him).

The kids got a little restless and so we took them on a walk around the stadium.  One of the best things about the Phillies' stadium is that you can see the field from anywhere on the concourse - even in the teeniest little spots:

Right about when the Phanatic came out on the hot dog cannon car with Jim Thome shooting hot dogs into the crowd, the kids were ready for a snack themselves -

Cotton candy!
 
With a belly full of cotton candy, we headed over to the Guest Services office and got Clare her own "My First Phillies Game" certificate:

More shots from roaming around the stadium before heading back to our seats.  We left at the bottom of the Tenth inning but the Phillies went on to lose :-(


That's okay - the kids had a great time and Sean paid a lot of attention to the rules and picked up on a lot of the rhythm of the game!