Cubs Lose (So What's New?)

We spent a wonderful few days at the end of last week as the guests of Peter and Mary, our daughter Betsy's parents-in-law. The visit started out with the grandfathers, Peter and myself, building a new sandbox for Henry and Clara. Betsy posted some pictures of that work which you can see by clicking here. All of us also enjoyed some time at Northbrook Days, especially the time spent watching the grandkids enjoy the carnival rides. Betsy also has some pictures about that here.

However, for a baseball fan like me, the time we spent on Friday at the Cubs vs. Cincinnati baseball game was extra good. Peter and Mary had four tickets and invited Kathie and me to join them for the game. Here we are in front of the Harry Carey statue prior to the game.

After downing some beer and brats, the first round anyway, we bothered someone sitting behind us to take this picture.

Here are the friendly confines.

And that unique Wrigley scoreboard, showing Derrek Lee at bat.

And, by golly, here is the man himself.

The Cubs lost 2 to 0, even though they did get men into scoring position several times. Ah, the Cubs... What can you say?

After the all the fun and before we returned home, we all went out for breakfast at a restaurant called Kevin's Place in Deerfield. Clara posed reluctantly with her dear old dad.

Then she admired Kevin, who is quite the entertaining host. Clara was fascinated with his stories and the special attention he gave her (a Minnie Mouse chocolate chip pancake!).

Meanwhile, Henry drew an elaborate picture of three robots for me. (I asked him if I could have it. He said yes.)