The Gatchel's (And Uncle Scott) go to the ball game!

We just got home from a Manatees baseball game, and boy did we have fun! And we got free quarter pounders! And Noah is on such a sugar high I don't know if I'm ever going to get him to go to bed!

Maybe I should start from the beginning... The Manatees are the AA minor league team for the Brewers. They play in Viera, only about 20 minutes north of us. (The Nationals use the stadium for Spring Training if anyone wants to come visit next early spring!) Anyway, we thought we'd take Scott to a game and Noah to his first baseball game (other than his Uncle Scott's in Ohio).

The game was great! They struck out the right guy, so anyone who had a ticket got a free quarter pounder. We stopped on the way home. I gave mine to Scott, I'm hoping that will hold him over 'til breakfast.... Noah ate (and I'm not kidding) a full ziploc bag of animal crackers, part of my pretzel, part of Grant's nachos, a bite of Scott's frozen lemonade and an entire blue snowcone! It's currently 10:30 and he's still wide awake literally running all over the place. He might finally crash sometime tomorrow....

Alright, it's getting late and I want to attempt to get everyone settled for the night. Happy Birthday to Caren - hope that you had a great day! For everyone else, enjoy the pictures and hopefully I'll have more to share tomorrow...

But Dad, I don't want to see the Manatee!

He got his own seat

Look at me Mom, I'm a big kid!

Uncle Scott and Noah pose in front of a space shuttle

Noah earning "man points"

Look at me, I can play video games, too!

Scott teaching Noah the finer points of how to play Wii