May 10

There was much baseball today. We started with Isaac's game across town at 5. They lost a heartbreaker in extras against a team with a very good record, but on the plus side, Isaac went 3 for 4. Then as soon as that ended, we loaded into the car and drove to Oakland for the A's game. They were already in the fourth inning when we arrived, but that game also went into extras --with the A's scoring a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 12th-- so we saw eight full innings there, too. And then a fireworks show. Phew.

As Adam reminded the kids as they bickered on the way to Isaac's game, they're all growing up quickly --Abby will be in college in less than four years, as crazy as that seems-- and we won't always have the luxury of being able to spend time together. So today, I'm thankful for that time (and for the big bag of cotton candy that kept us all --well, except for Abby, because "mom, no, that is so much sugar!"-- awake until we were finally able to head home at around 11:20. That was pretty clutch, too).