Go Astros Go!

Danny LOVES baseball. Last year he got to go to his first major league baseball game and he was amazed at how high and far they would hit the ball. I'm pretty sure I didn't go to my first major league game until I was out of high school, so he's one lucky guy. For Danny's 2nd birthday we got him a t-ball set and for Christmas his grandparents got him another baseball and bat. He's a lefty at bat and actually has some natural talent - he hits more pitches than I do

This year we've been spoiled to go to 3 Astros games already. Our friends Beth and Tim invited us to join them when Tim's boss gave him some tickets for doing a great job on a presentation. (Way to go Tim!) They were AMAZING seats right behind 3rd base. I didn't get a picture of the seats, or the game, but this is a pretty good picture of Tim and Danny. Besides a really fun evening, we also left the game with tickets to another game. Due to inclement weather the post-game fireworks show had to be cancelled. To make up for the loss (which Danny was happy about since he's afraid of fireworks these days) you could get free tickets to a future game.

For game 2 Tim and Beth couldn't go, so we ended up with all 4 tickets. We took Rex and Alex. This time the seats were nosebleeds, but had an amazing city view. Yeah, it's a pretty cool ball park. And thanks to T & B this meant 2 fun major league games for free!At game 2 Danny and his dad discovered the playland. Danny had fun trying to race the baseball player and hit the water with the bat. Again, he was better than his mom.

The 3rd game was not free, but was still a lot of fun. Matt had organized a team-building/social event for work. This time we had seats in the outfield just behind 1st base. Not as good as the first game, but a step up (or should I say down) from our nosebleeds at the last game. By now Danny had the routine down and could even cheer on his own.

He also made it quite apparent that he doesn't just like going to Minute Maid Park for the baseball.

If he can learn to run bases as fast as he can stuff his mouth with popcorn, he may just be playing for the Astros someday. :)