Beating the Heat at Busch Stadium

Once again this year our kids won tickets to a Cardinal's game through the library summer reading program.  I know that reading is important, but secretly the only reason we do the summer reading program is so that we can go to a Cardinal's game every year.  Don't judge.  The Cards are awesome.

The Cardinals were playing the Dodgers and that evening the temperature reached 104 degrees.  Thank you, Ice Mountain, for providing free ice water!

Our seats weren't together, so we divided up the boys and the girl.

This was the day Chloe and the neighbor girl decided to play beauty parlor.  This picture was taken before I had a chance to fix it by evening out her bangs so they are all the same length.  So now her bangs are super short and she looks like Kitty from "Father Knows Best."  Which is fine, because now whenever I look at her I'm reminded of simpler times.

The boys sat together, but Miles was upset because he couldn't find me (two rows behind him).

(It looks like he's looking at me, but he still can't find me.  Maybe it's time to get his eyes checked.)

I think we spent more time out of our seats than we did watching the game.  We followed a strict pattern of ice water, watch game, eat popcorn, go to the bathroom, ice water, watch game, eat popcorn, go to the bathroom, etc.  Sometimes we'd switch things up and stop at this misting station.

The Cardinals lost, but we made it through the whole game and Harrison seemed more interested in the game than in eating treats, so we're calling it a victory.