Take Me Out to the Ballgame...

On Wednesday Taryn went to her first Cubs game! Every year the Klemme family goes up for a game. We missed 2009's game because Taryn was a newborn and Lee had class. We missed 2010's game because Taryn had a double ear infection... Soooo, we finally made it for 2011!


Neil's family couldn't go this year, so we got a 15-person van and just fit! There were 12 of us, but with 4 kids in carseats, that takes up some space! When we got to CHI, we ate some lunch that we packed and headed in to the stadium.
Taryn was WAY too preoccupied with the hustle and bustle of Chicago to pay attention to the camera!

Family pic during BP!

Lee ended up catching a ball that was hit during the Astros batting practice. It was the first time Lee ever got a ball at a game. He said he was giving the ball to Taryn, but somehow I think he won't...

It's too bright out here!

It was a HOT day. Fortunately there was a bit of a breeze, but out in the sun, it was pretty unbearable. Fortunately we were right by this shaded standing area, so we kept taking turns watching the kids in that area. At one point Sonia said "Do they still play 9 innings?" Um yes. We all knew we weren't going to make it the whole time! Finally, in the 7th inning Lee's mom started bordering on heat stroke. We made it to the end of that inning and convinced Lee's dad it was time to go.

The kiddos in the shade.

Like all Bleacher Bums, Taryn did not when to say when. She ran herself ragged and was a walking toddler-zombie by the time we left. When we got back to the van, we were all milling around making a sandwich for the road and getting drinks. Taryn got in the van, got in her carseat and tried to buckle herself in. She was ready to hit the road! I managed to get some water and a piece of string cheese in her before she passed out and slept most the way home!

It was a long, tiring, hot day and the Cubbies couldn't pull off the W. On the way home, we started deliberating if the Chicago trip was just getting to be too much for the kids. The tickets are SO expensive and you have to get the kids a ticket once they are 3. Next year we'll have 2 new babies in the family (Christi is due in August and Sonia in December!). It's all just getting too hectic. An Indianapolis Indians game may be a better option!