Dad date

Max and Adam were invited to the Royals/Yankees game this week!! This was Max’s first ML game — and he certainly did it right.

Now outings with mom are usually a day or two in the making… diaper bag packed full with a change of clothes, wipes, a drink, books for the car ride, camera…. and as for snacks- these are carefully prepared homemade snacks like sandwiches, apple slices, carrots, etc. Everyone uses the “potty” moments before loading up.

Now… let’s consider a dad date:

Adam got the invitation at 4:30 and they were in the car by 5:00. Change of clothes? No way – we’ll just buy some pants if he has an accident. Drink? Sure – full strength juice! Dinner to go? No way – we will get food at the game? Potty before leaving? Sure – do it in the front yard. And let’s take a bag of popcorn in the car for the ride there! Car entertainment? Sure – grab the DVD portable dvd player! (WHAT?  Dad’s get to break all of the (made up) mom rules for dates?!)

Coincidentally I had just sung the “take me out to the ballgame” song to Max for the first time that day, only hours before the invitation… so he was ready with all sorts of requests (“buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks”…) He was on a mission to experience the full spread available at the snack bar. The cotton candy (which Max said tasted like “pink hair” — perhaps he meant “looked like”, but one can never be sure) was his favorite. Then of course, he tried a hot dog…. and a big bottle of water…. and cracker jacks… – nothing like a date with dad. (Now let’s recall mom date snacks — when the kid next to you has a bag of “pink hair” mom-date treats go over like a lead balloon).

Who won?? Max can’t tell you, but he knows the snack bar menu by heart.  I’ll have to take some notes from dad to make mom-dates more enticing – maybe a bag of pink hair every once in a while.

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