Spring Training

When we live you in New York people expect that you hang out at all of the major NYC tourist attractions. People assume that you have seen every Broadway show, have gone to the torch of the Statue of Liberty and been inside every skyscrapper. I lived in New York for 18 years and I doubt I did any of those things. We have now lived in Arizona for 9 years and I yet to find time to do anything that makes Arizona unique...until Spring Break. Tony and I have always wanted to take in a Spring Training game and thought that since the weather was amazing (meaning not death yet) we should take advantage of our break and take the kids. Rather than seeing the Diamondbacks, which we can see at a regular season game, we decided to drive a bit farther to take in a White Sox game at the spring training site. What always sounds like a great idea, never really plays out well with the Calabretti children.

We got our tickets an hour before the game, ran home to prep (bag of goodies, drinks, sunscreen and a blanket) and then drove 45 minutes to Glendale. We parked the car and were pleasantly surprised by the golf cart ride from the parking lot to the stadium. Thank goodness or that would have been a very long and heavy ride (holding Aidan). We got some hot dogs and found a great spot on the grass.I was so excited- a great day to spend with the entire family and work on my tan at the same time. We expected to stay for a few hours, but our beautiful children had other intentions. Within the first hour, they ate hotdogs, all the snacks we brought and Aidan managed to spill 2 different bottles of Gatorade on himself. We were able to squeeze another 30 minutes out of them before they started majorily complaining about everything under the sun. So we threw in the towel- packed up and headed back to the parking lot. Thank goodness for that golf cart service again- another free ride back to the parking lot. Of course when I asked the kids if they even enjoyed our little trip they both cheered! So I asked what was their favorite part of the day was and their response was- "THE GOLF CART RIDE".