On 9/9/09 we all went to the Red Sox game against the Orioles. Lily was SO excited to go this time for some reason. Even before we were in the car she was saying " Go Sox!", then the whole way their she kept talking about "going to sox game!". When we got into Boston (where our GPS tried to tell us to drive down Yawkey Way! That would have ended well!) we went into our favorite place to eat before a game, Boston Beer Works, and Lily got so upset. She kept crying "No! Sox Game! Sox Game!!" We had to reassure her that we were going to the game right after our late lunch/early dinner!
After dinner we headed went out to enjoy the festivities on Yawkey Way. For the first time in all the times we've been to Fenway over the past two years, the entertainer making balloon animals was free, and made Lily a balloon. At first he made her a few straight balloons to catch, but after those kept popping her made her an Elmo balloon! She was so excited to have her new Elmo balloon! And somehow he survived most of the game! I'm a little bummed right now because I had a video to share of the guy making the balloon...but after an all night attempt at trying to get it to load, it still wasn't finished, so I had to give up. Sorry!
Lily Catching one of the balloons that didn't make it:
After getting her balloon, we went into the park to find our seats, and get settled. Here are a few pictures from before the game:
We went the wrong way at first and ended up checking out the seats right behind home plate. Lily picked out a seat that looked good to her and started to get settled with her balloons to watch batting practice. These seats were amazing!
Back up in our seats in the bleachers, and Lily checking everything out:
Being silly with her balloon:
A close up of Elmo:
The view from our seats:
Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures during the game this time. Lily had a great time though. Sitting next to us was another young fan, around 5-6 years old, and Lily had a blast playing with her the whole game! They kept each other entertained with silly songs and cheering for the game. They hada fun time every time Youkilis came up to bat. They would go back and forth saying "Yooouk!! No, Luuuke". (The little girl kept saying Luke, and Lily caught onto that!..Now she says Luke too...oh well!) It was nice to have someone there to entertain Lily, so we could all sit together and enjoy the game!
Lily also had a fun time dancing to a lot of the songs that they play. She was doing this at the futures at Fenway game too. I have a video of it from those games, but not from this game. Hopefully I'll get around to posting that game day soon so I can share it!
The game was pretty long, and was pretty close for most of the time. I was actually worried that we might go into extra innings at one point! Luckily the Sox pulled it off with a win 7-5! It was a great game!
After the game, ready to go home:
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