Day 21 From Waiting comes Joy

Today was the first official day of summer and truly a great one to remember.  This evening we finally made it to our first Madison Mallards Baseball game, as we enjoy doing each summer.  As it was a "Bobble Head" night, meaning the first 100 or so in line received a free 'farmer duck' bobble-head, the kids wanted to make sure we were near the front of the line to enter the ballpark.  This means, having to wait for quite a bit to get in.  The kids were so patient and again, as happened to us once last summer, the women (summer intern I later found out) was going through the front part of the line looking for kids to help out with the games on the ball field in between innings.  My daughter was asked to be a 'racing fruit on the field'.  This entailed dressing up as a giant orange and racing a giant strawberry and apple.  She won and love it!  My son, who chose not to be a fruit when asked, did agree to another job, playing "Pitcher Bowling".  He didn't quite understand what he was doing, his sister and I thought maybe pitchers from drinks?  No, it was actually Mallard baseball players, standing up as human bowling pins while my son got to roll a giant yoga-type of ball and get a "strike"!  What made it even more exciting, was that while he waited to go out on the field, a home run was hit and he got to keep it, along with all the players that stood as bowling pins, autographed it.  What a night!  As I am learning in many aspects of my life, and tonight the kids did again too, that waiting really can bring joy...in many ways. :)