Mother's Day at Safeco Field

The kids (and Michael, let's be honest) spoiled me
on Mother's Day.

Xander and I headed up to a Mariners game in Seattle. One of his
favorite parts of going to a baseball game is parking in the Qwest Field
parking lot and getting to walk right by the football/soccer stadium.

We lined up with hundreds (thousands?) of other Little League
baseball players to walk around the warning track of the field.

Waiting patiently to go down below, where X very excitedly
got to see the "Uniform Pick-Up" area.

Almost on the field!

As we were walking in, the roof started to open.
You can imagine Xander's reaction to this.

High fiving the bat girls.

Pretending to catch a deeply hit ball.

Time for a chocolate shake before the game starts.

Standing for the national anthem.

Serious about watching Ichiro.

Also serious about reading his new Mariners magazine

He did actually watch the game some, too.

It was perfect baseball weather.

Xander's first taste of cotton candy. He liked it,
but not enough to finish the whole thing.

Playing with his new toy bat on the walk back to the car.

What number is Ichiro again?

Every great pitcher has to start somewhere. Also? That dummy batter
is in a Yankees uniform, so I secretly cheered when X beaned him
in the noggin' on his first pitch.