Relaxing and a bit of retro

It was so lovely to have a relaxing weekend and have Daddy Dude at home. The poor guy has had a tough August - they changed his work schedule (to correlate with a pay raise - no idea how big THAT will be) so that he had to work a lot more... longer hours, more weekend days to work, and some overnight stays. It was super HOT but that didn't stop Daddy Dude from playing baseball. His team has been doing really well this season... they are in second-place, but giving the first place team a definite run for their money!

The girls LOVE going to their daddy's games now. Usually other kids from the team come, too, but it was SO HOT (100+) that nobody else was crazy enough to show. Really, it wasn't too bad under the shade cover ! The girls still found ways to have fun and even got to run the bases at the end (Marika did peter out after one lap, though - Mika powered through two).

When we visited Marika's second favorite grocery store last Wednesday (they have little shopping carts for people her size), we picked up some Cracker Jack's. WOW, talk about a blast from the past! I don't think I'd eaten those in ages! Years! Decades! So we bought them to eat at the game on Sunday. It would have been funnier if we ate them during the 7th inning stretch time while the girls played "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" on their little toy, but they couldn't wait that long.

Do you remember CJ prizes? That was almost the best part! I remember getting tattoos and magnifying glasses. The girls were all primed and ready for an exciting surprise...

Marika got the pencil topper (left) and Mika got... whatever was on the right. You had to fold the picture and I gathered that the idea was to move the mouth so the duck would look like it's talking. She thought it was cool, but I wasn't as impressed. Good thing I'm not six anymore!!!

No other excitement this weekend, except that there's a fire brewing two towns over... right below the raspberry patch. We're a little anxious (we're in no danger) but a little concerned about all the people over there... if it spreads, there's a huge cluster of homes below...