Megan, Daddy, Grandpa, Grandpa's friend Tony B, and I went to t-shirt night at the Ballpark tonight. It was an exciting game; the Rangers came back and won in the 10th inning, thanks to David Murphy. The losing streak is over! Megan had a blast watching the game, the dots, and eating peanuts with Grandpa. We got kind of silly during the game - hey, there was a lull there for a while - so Megan and I made silly faces for the camera/Daddy. Yes, it was L/XL t-shirt night at the game, so Megan now has her own "Ranger's gown", as she named it.

Megan and I headed out to the park this mid-morning. It was a beautiful 74 degrees and the perfect day for expending some energy. Unlike last park season, where she was very timid and would only play on the swings, today she LOVED climbing and sliding. There were a few other moms and kids out there already, and she followed the older kids (3-4 years old) around, copying everything they did. They had her doing things that made me cringe...climbing the metal rungs on the ladder, hanging from the bars, and going down the tallest slide. Luckily no accidents! The funniest, and most embarrassing, thing she did was "confront" a stay-at-home dad about not going to work! The little boy asked his daddy something, and Megan turned to him and said, "Um, my daddy is at work. Do you work?" The man answered no, and she turned to tell me that he didn't work like her daddy. It was very confusing to her, but with a little tug of the arm and an explanation, she canned it. The man seemed amused...both at Megan's comments and my embarrassment.

Our friend's daughter had a birthday party...not your normal April birthday party. Lily is SO funny about her parties. Last year she had an "ugly" party; this year she had a Halloween party! Megan dressed up as a Princess and had a BLAST! They even went made bags and went trick-or-treating - they have the nicest, most accomodating neighbors.

Megan's appetite has changed dramatically over the past few days and weeks. The same little girl who used to eat a variety of foods, save vegetables, will now eat a total of about 4 foods: turkey, cheese, pancakes, and yogurt. Other than that it's hit or miss - literally. If she doesn't want it, she throws it. She has spent the majority of her dinner times over the last week in time-out. Regarding pasta, she absolutely refuses to eat sauce on her spaghetti. She now requests "naked spaghetti" - even at Olive Garden!

Gran and Papa took Daddy to Opening Day for his birthday. Luckily, Meg and I were invited too! It was a beautiful day for a game - 74 degrees. The sun came out for a while, and baked us, but there was a nice breeze too. Megan got to meet the Ranger's Horsey...the highlight of her day. She also met a new friend, the usher Dawn, when she needed a blue dot for the dot race instead of the green one. Dawn sweetly obliged, and Meg's blue dot won! She also enjoyed the 7th inning stretch, complete with the 100 year anniversary celebration of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". The country singer Neil McCoy sang it from the dugout while Megan sang along and danced.

You car manufacturers should make it a whole lot easier to whack a kid from the front seat.

Dateline: Tonight, 5:30 p.m.. getting ready for the wrestling banquet.

Megan had to do everything just like me. "I need to shave my legs, too. I wear pantyhose, too, Mommy! I need curl stuff in my hair, too." ETC. The pantyhose demand was the big issue because she's outgrown almost everything. But we found something. She had a very small, almost not even noticable hole in her tights, but they would work. UNTIL the 38 minute car ride to the banquet. I spent at least 33 of those minutes begging her to please stop sticking her fist up the hole in her tights and touching her belly with her hand. Her response? "You can't reach me Mommy. You try, but you can't reach me." So a quick trip to Target and $4.49 cents later, we had 3 new pair of tights...a pink pair, a cream pair, and a white pair. Guess which pair she WANTED to wear? The pink, but I won that one. I was so exhausted...

Somehow...amid the Megan noise, Grandpa fell asleep on the floor while they were playing - holding the magic wand!

Grandpa sent us to an alleyway restaurant called Rendezvous. It was fabulous! As you can see, we all enjoyed our ribs and meat. Yum-o! It was a great ending to a wonderful, full day.