Today was Strike Out Violence Day. The pre-game ceremony was moving. Christopher Rodriguez, an 11 year old boy who was hit by a stray bullet while taking a piano lesson and paralyzed from the waist down, threw out the first pitch. 3 young women from his school of the performing arts performed the national anthem. It was beautiful. I didn’t take a lot of pictures because I was on the field with Ella and Sunny. Before the game, there were Looney Tune characters walking around promoting healthy eating. Ella got to meet Tweety, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. She was so excited to see them. She had no idea who they were, but they were cute and large and they made Ella happy. We met up with the Kim/Arena clan at the game. Ella was so happy to see the girls. She had been talking about them all morning so by the time we met up, she was bursting! We took the 3 girls to the Build A Bear store at the stadium and they all got their own build a bear things. There is a cute video at the end of this showing the girls putting a lot of love into the hearts that the lady puts into the bear. We ended the evening blowing huge bubbles in the garden. Ella goes back to school tomorrow. We hope it’s a little easier for her this week. We’ll see…
Ella and her “character” friends.
Mommy and Ella on the field.
Here we are with Lou Seal.
Look at the beautiful bubbles.
Here’s the Build A Bear video