It's My Life

The Kansas City Royals won The World Series this past weekend. Yes. They. Did. We were proud last year when our last place Royals came back and clinched a wild card ticket . They were the Cinderella story of baseball last year and fought their way to the World Series only to lose out in Game 7 to the San Francisco Giants.  We did not get discouraged. If you would have asked any Royals fan in Kansas City, we would have told you on Opening Day this past Spring that this was going to be our year. We had unfinished business. We took care of that business last weekend by finishing The World Series in five games and defeating The New York Mets. On Tuesday of this week, our city threw an amazing victory parade that an estimated 800,000 people attended. Schools closed for the day, employers allowed long lunches, college students missed classes, and even government offices closed. This championship has given something more than a giant trophy and bragging rights to our cit...

Baseball fever has hit my home town. The MLB's All Star Game will be played here in Kansas City, MO tonight. American League fans and National League fans are sure to agree on one thing, it is bound to be an exciting event! We, however, did not spend the $250 per ticket to go to the game. We will be watching The Boy play baseball instead. And DVR'ing the game to watch later. Getting in on some of the excitement, The Boy and I had a mommy/son afternoon and did go to FanFest. {Those tickets cost as much as or more than tickets to a Royals game!} FanFest was a hoping place. Lots of people, lots of vendors, and lots of activities. The first stop for us...free Taco Bell Dorrito's Locos. Then The Boy found free G2 (Gatorade). Most of the activities were geared at kids younger than The Boy or maybe The Boy is just too self conscious to participate?  They had a small field set up where kids could have their own home run derby contest. I did con The Boy into throwing ba...