Season Opener

We attended our first Rockies game of the season last week. It was the first of only two Cubs/Rockies games at Coors Field this year. My husband is an avid Cubs fan so we pretty much had to go to one or the other. I was very excited to go, especially after last season's stirring finale, my only regret being that I don't have a Rockies hat to wear. Everyone who saw us thought we were a Cubbies household!

It was an interesting experience bringing both of our kids, and I can't say it was totally enjoyable. First, we didn't arrive until the 5th inning. A not-so-short-trip to the nearest Urgent Care facility slowed us down a bit. As we were unloading the car at the train station, my older daughter, who was swinging on the stoller, fell on the pavement while holding the handlebar and trapped her fingers underneath. She simply lost a fingernail, but it was hard to tell how bad the damage was while she was screaming and squirting blood immediately afterwards. It looked like a nail had gone through her finger. So, while we were fortunate that it was not a serious injury, it was bad news for the game as we didn't make it to the game until right around the kids' bedtime.

It was hard to get food because there was too much for one person to carry. I was thinking I could put the two bottles of water I purchased in my purse so I could focus on carrying the three brats and cup o'fries. For whatever reason, though, they took the caps off both bottles and kept them! Our 19 month old cried every time the crowd cheered. She also couldn't sit in the seat without it flipping up on her. So I had to hold her but all she wanted to do was squirm. Our 3-1/2 year old was ready to leave after two innings. It was quite difficult to watch the game. Somehow the Rockies scored 5 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but I was only aware of one.

I looked around, though, and there were kids everywhere. And all the other parents and all the other kids I saw looked like they were having fun, enjoying the game and had everything under control. I don't know what we were doing wrong. Perhaps next time will be better.