The Schmitz Spotlight: An Astro Adventure

Our kids think anything new is an adventure. So, last night we went on an Astro Adventure!

Since the Astros are playing ~~terribly~~ below their potential, they offered $1.00 tickets if you brought in a Powerade label. So, Brian brought 4 labels to the box office last week and picked up our 4 tickets for $4.00.

We arrived early last night and parked right in front of Brian's building, saving a bundle on parking. We only had to pay $1.25 to park for the entire game. (The meters stop running at 6pm.)

We ate a picnic dinner in the van and then exited to begin our adventure.

Just walking two blocks to Minute Maid Park is an adventure with three little ones. I carried baby Whitney in the Baby Bjorn and held Lydia's hand while we tried to keep up with daddy and Sophie in the lead. Poor Lydia tried to keep up all night and really did a great job, we never had to carry her.

We spent the first hour watching batting practice, hoping to catch a ball and get an autograph. We were unsuccessful, plus the girls started to get REALLY bored.

After this we visited the giant playground behind right field. The girls loved this. This was their favorite part of the whole night. Next time we go on an Astro Adventure we will visit here first to give them more time to play.

Lydia was a bit tentative at first, but with patient, big sister Sophie at her side, she prevailed and had a great time.

We then ventured to our seats and got settled so I could feed Whitney. Fortunately there weren't a ton of people around us, so it wasn't as uncomfortable as I thought it would be.

Once the girls got antsy again we headed out to a lower section for another look at the game, then we headed home.

Another favorite of the girls were the escalators. As you can imagine, $1.00 tickets put us in the upper deck, so we had to take three escalators to get there. They loved this! Crazy kids, we could have done the escalator at a mall or department store.