Twins Territory

This spring has been ridiculous.  Up until a few weeks ago there was still snow on the ground and some places around here had even close to a foot still just a little over a week ago.  It's been cold, rainy, windy.

Today the sun was actually out but it was freezing!

We had tickets for the game today and neither Brian or I really wanted to go due to the cold temps.

We thought about selling them or giving them away and then Friday night decided that maybe one of us should take Hannah.

I wanted to surprise her somehow so we didn't tell her or give her any hint until about an hour before we needed to leave.  Both girls were sitting on my lap and Brian was across the room on the smaller couch.

Brian: "Hey Hailey, wanna get Teriyaki wings tonight from Chicken Wild?"

Hailey:  "YAY!"

Hannah: "Hey, I wanna do that too."

Brian: "Well you can't because you are going to the Twins game tonight with mom."

Hannah: "WHAT?!  I am going to the ballgame?!  AHHHHHHHHH!"

She was SO excited!  She grabbed me and hugged me and could NOT stop smiling.

FIRST STOP: Golden Glove

Around 4:30 it was finally time to leave.

We brought scarves, gloves, jackets, sweatshirts and a blanket.

It was a Twins hat giveaway night so we wanted to make sure that we got there a little early so we could get hats- although it was so cold I should have trusted there was NO way we would be sold out.

SECOND STOP:  Face Painting

 We decided to walk around the stadium to check things out.  She saw the face painting and didn't ask if she could get her face painted but when I asked her if she wanted to she got super excited and jumped right up on the chair.  She picked out the design she wanted.

We started out by choosing our dinner- nachos and a pretzel with cheese.

Went to our seats and started in on our snacks.  As the players were announced she would cheer and 'whoop whoop' as they called names that she recognized- Mauer, Morneau.  When Chris Parmelee was announced her eyes got wide and then she stood up and started cheering like crazy.

Of course there is no relation but she could have cared less.  She was a fan!

It was pretty cold but that didn't stop us from having a good time.

Throughout the night Hannah would just look over at me and smile.  

We talked a lot and sampled most of the snacks the ballpark has to offer- cotton candy, peanuts, mini donuts.  We left during the end of the 7th inning (Twins were ahead 8-5) which worked out well.  It was nice to walk back to the car and not have to worry about my date getting trampled or lost in the crowd.

On our way out she insisted that she take her picture with 'this guy'.

The whole way home she talked all about our night- the mascot race, the woman dressed in the fish costumes, the kid with the sideburns on the jumbotron, the guy who hit that ball far, how good the mini donuts were....you get the picture.

Thanks for coming with me Bean!  I am so glad you had a good time!