I went on a field trip with Jaelyn's 2nd grade class to Camden Yards today. It was awesome and I don't like baseball. Our tour guide was fabulous and filled the day full of interesting facts. Did you know new baseballs are rubbed with a certain type of mud from a secret place along the Delaware River? I googled it encase you don't believe me. They prepare 7 dozen balls for each game? That's 84 baseballs that have to get rubbed down with mud. Too funny. I think my favorite part was learning about how they care for the grass. Grass patterns make me happy...what can I say? It's just like vacuum marks! Ahhhh!
Jaelyn got a kick out of seeing the ground's keepers with little buckets picking up little teeny tiny bits of stuff off the grass. That crew works hard. We got to go in a luxury box that runs around $100,000 a year, the kids sat in the dugout and we learned all about the famous Orioles players and their records.
We had a blast. I loved getting to see Jaelyn in action...interacting with her friends. We took the tour, had lunch and got some shopping in. Camden Yards rips people off. They charge $1 to smoosh a penny. I've never paid over $.50 for any of the pennies in my smooshed penny jar. I'd hate to see what they charge for a hot dog!
The kids listening to the tour guide. Jaelyn is wearing a white shirt with a blue backpack on her back. I'm always amazed by how tiny she is compared ot her peers.
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