Astros Game with Atticus

For Atticus's 7th birthday this year, we decided instead of a friend birthday party, we would take him to a Houston Astros baseball game. GG was in town for his birthday weekend, so she kept the girls and we went on Sunday, the 29th to a 1pm game. It is always fun to have one-on-one kid time, but it is not often that it is both parents with one kid. So, we were excited to take Atticus because he loves baseball and we really thought he'd love going to a game.

 Our almost 7 year old!

 It was air conditioned inside which was so nice and they didn't even open the top for the game. I'm always hot at this point in pregnancy, so I loved the a/c!

 Family pic!

 We had to take pictures everywhere...and including the baby in this one!

 Atticus liked finding the players names around the top of the field and on the ground that were some of Astros best - including Nolan Ryan!

 After the game, we walked back to the truck and then headed to Pappadeaux's Seafood for dinner. I had just recently talked about how good this restaurant was and since Atticus liked seafood, he thought we needed to go here for dinner! It was great timing around 5pm, so nobody was there and we enjoyed a great meal of lots of fried seafood.

After dinner, because it was his birthday, the waitress brought out a FREE dessert. I was so surprised. He could pick anything he wanted from their selection and this was huge! It was probably a $10 dessert, but they just gave it to him. He loves sweets, so he loved this!

It was a really fun day having Atticus only time. The game was great and the Astros won! Plus, it was exciting - lots of action and a couple of home runs. The funniest part was that our seats were on the very top row of the highest tier. When I bought them, I went back and forth deciding which price range to buy because tickets are not cheap. I wanted a good view of the field for us and didn't mind being up high, but thought I'd splurge. Well, the original tickets that would have put us one tier lower went into my cart and then I saw that there were all kinds of fees added on that almost equaled the price of another ticket! So, I went back and bought the 4th tier tickets since I had to pay all of those fees. And we decided that was ok. We get to the game and realize we are on the VERY TOP ROW! How did that happen? It was just funny. Also, Atticus is a shopper even though he never has any money. Well, the gift shop was on my list because I wanted to buy him an Astros tshirt, since I hadn't found one before the game. So, we did and he really wanted baseball cards but we couldn't find the team baseball cards, only a pack of historic cards, which we decided he could have. Then, after the game, he really wanted a baseball, and I decided to give in because it was his birthday event. And then we found the regular team cards. He went home with lots of loot! But, sometimes, when it's your birthday, that's just what happens!

Happy early 7th Birthday Atticus!