Cardinals Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals vs NY Mets
April 16, 2010The new and improved Busch Stadium

"We're going to be sitting waaay up there?!"
"Oh I'm so excited!"

"Ooh look, Anna, The Arch! Stand right there."

Almost to our seats. This is just after watching Ric Flair "whoooo" throw the first pitch (sort of) and where we listened to elementary school choirs sing "God Bless America" and the National Anthem.

The view from our seats was just perfect in my opinion. I mean, we weren't going to be catching any foul balls or anything . . . but just look at how well it captures the icons of being from St. Louis. The Arch, Busch Stadium, and opening week of Cardinals baseball. Wow . . . .

Mmmmm . . . stadium food . . .
. . . sharing nachos with your sister . . .

. . . getting sticky cotton candy fingers . . .

"Hey! What are you doing?! Don't take a picture of me." Wearing Cardinal red and waiting for the game to start.

Oh come on . . . just one smile . . . I promise he was really enjoying himself . . . he's just a punk. ;-) The first pic caught him off guard, but he purposely made this face (because he likes being difficult). Ben gave us all a great night out. The weather was beautiful, the game was outstanding. Lopez hit a GRAND SLAM and the stadium errupted in cheering and fireworks lit the sky. (Which of course all freaked Daila out since she didn't know it was coming or what was going on.) She settled down quickly and enjoyed the cheering, dancing fan cam, kissing cam, and shouting "CHARGE!" when cued by the music and light signs. It was the perfect experience for the girls. We absolutely had the time of our lives.

A Charming Snake

Presenting the RECC Big Top Circus Event

April 15, 2010

Starring Daila Voelkel as a snake being charmed to dance out of her basket by clever snake charmers. She is in the third basket from the left. (oh and I just gave this video a trial run and I caution you to turn down your volume. The snake charmers have recorders and 3-5 year olds accompanying a CD of real snake charming music creates quite a cacophony of sound.)