Let's Go Nats!

We have friends who have season tickets to the Washington Nationals.  When they don't use their tickets they give them to us and through their generosity over the years they have officially turned us into baseball fans.  We were thrilled when they called on Friday to offer us tickets to the a Saturday afternoon game.  I can think of few more patriotic things to do on a Memorial Day weekend than take in a baseball game.

The whole family dressed in red to show our support for the home team.  The tickets are in the suites and when an afternoon shower sent many fans running for cover we continued watching in comfort.  We ate our fill of game day junk food, cheered loudly, and I kept stats.  Despite our most enthusiastic efforts the Nationals lost to the Padres.  We were a bit disappointed but we had so much fun that we hardly noticed the loss.

After the game we took a detour as we walked back to our car to see the boats on the river.  To our surprise the city just completed construction of a beautiful river-side park.  The park had a fountain and a bunch of little kids were stripped down to their underwear running through the water.  We took off JAC's clothes and let him join in the fun.  He raced through the fountain for over an hour.  It was a blast to watch his enthusiasm.  The fountain emptied into a waterfall filling a pool below.  JAC did some swimming in the pool too.  Eventually we had to pluck out  our wet seal child  kicking and screaming.  It was a wonderful afternoon - absolutely memorable and I can't wait until we can go again.