9 Innings of Hot Dogs, Fireworks, and Squirrels

My oldest son is starting to act like his father.  He's getting really excited about baseball.  He stays glued to the TV when baseball games are on because he wants to see the fireworks that get shot off after homeruns.  In his opinion, baseball is all about the fireworks.

Last weekend, his daddy and grandpas took him to watch the Texas Rangers take on the Tampa Bay Rays in game 2 of the 2011 American League Division series.  This was his first play-off game, and it just made sense that this should be a guy's night.  For days, he was so excited to go with the guys to the game so that he could get a hot dog and see fireworks.

As you can probably tell from the pictures, baseball games don't have quite the same meaning for 3 year olds as they do for their daddies.  My little guy really loved playing with the binoculars.  And then he got really excited about waving his Rangers towel.  At some point, he convinced Daddy to buy him the Ranger hat, a hot dog, a red baseball bat, a foam finger for his little brother, and whatever else he wanted to eat.  This was like a party for the little man.

Last night, my little guy was running around holding his hands up and making strange faces.  When I asked him what he was doing, he told me that he was being a squirrel at a baseball game.  If you haven't seen the footage of the squirrel at the Phillies' game, watch this:

I was thoroughly impressed that my little guy knew about the squirrel.  It obviously made an impression on him when he saw the squirrel on TV. 

Oh to see the world through the eyes of a 3 year old. Everything could be so much funnier.  And baseball games might be so much more exciting.  Who knew that 9 innings could be so much fun?!