Last week Andy, and about 100+ of his fellow 5th graders, got to sing the National Anthem at the Rockies game. Apparently they beat out 200 other applicants in being chosen. It was a logistical nightmare, because Charlie was out of town and there was no way I was taking the girls to a 6:40 p.m. baseball game when I usually try to get them in bed around 7:30 p.m. and they have no interest whatsoever in baseball. We were only given about two weeks notice but I was able to procure a fantastic babysitter and get Andy a ride to the game while I picked up and introduced said babysitter to the girls.
The kids had to be at the game at 5:30 p.m., but at that time of day it can take over an hour to get to downtown Denver and for some people it took over 1.5 hours. So there were a lot of stressed out parents but I think everybody who wanted to sing, there were a couple of kids who decline due to other commitments and/or stage fright, got there in time and was able to sing.
Unfortunately while the singing was going on I was not in an extreme parenting mindset because I only took one horrible picture from my phone and I didn't video tape any of it. Not even the big screen. In fact, since at first they only had the flag on the big screen I wasn't even looking at it and am pretty sure I missed the shot with Andy in it. Oh well, at least he remembers being there and thinks it was totally awesome. Short, but awesome.
Not many people can say that they sang at a professional baseball game. Now my kid can!
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