After turning 6, Tommy enjoyed an only child weekend as we ditched a day of school, left Lucy behind, and traveled to San Diego for a weekend of baseball games and LegoLand. Tommy knew about the LegoLand trip. Santa brought those tickets months ago and Tommy has been very patient waiting to cash in! What he didn't know was that we had masterminded the whole timing to coincide with the Giants being in San Diego. Here are some pictures of the weekend.
Waiting in the airport... just a little excited!
Totally Gensler chairs in Terminal 2
We arrived Thursday evening excited (and a little hyper from a trip to Ghiradelli for ice cream) so Tommy was introduced to Sports Center to unwind... This was probably not a good idea.
The next morning we reveled in nice weather and the fact that we were not at school. The boys played catch along the waterfront before we headed off to our destination.
We through in something educational, of course, and toured the U.S.S. Midway.
Standing over a plexiglass covering that looks down several decks. (Mama did not stand on the covering...)
He loves a good audio tour...
He may be 6, but we did a lot of walking and so piggy back rides were still in order!
This treat was the "chocolate milk" he ordered... WITH BREAKFAST! seriously?!?
Friday night brought the big surprise. We told Tommy they weren't showing the Giants game in our hotel (true) so we were going to walk around until we found some place to eat dinner and watch it. "No, Tommy we do not have tickets. They're sold out. They're too expensive." All good excuses that usually work at home.
But Petco Park is not AT&T Park and so we surprised him at the gates with tickets for Friday night's game.
We got there early for batting practice and sprinted through the gates with many other Giants fants to get right behind the dugout. We did not get any autographs, but really enjoyed seeing everybody up close.
During batting practice, someone hit a foul ball into our section along the 3rd base line and another kid got it. This kid, without pausing, ran up and gave the ball to Tommy. So here he shows his official MLB ball (stamped Practice) that the nicest kid in the world gave to him. (May have been hit by Noonan, thrown into the crowd by Sanchez)
Love this... two generations of fans!
We even got fireworks!
To be continued...
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