It's springtime and back home in Chicago that means one thing: Baseball! Unfortunately a baseball game on TV (or anywhere else for that matter!) was hard to come by here in France. Yes, I say was hard to come by because now that we have the channel NASN in France, American sports can be enjoyed every day and often live. Recently I was particularly excited to see NASN would be broadcasting the Cubs playing in Wrigley Field. It had been a long time since I'd seen a Cubs game and although some of you might be thinking that's actually a good thing, being a Cubs fan means even though they may be a lousy team, you still want to see them play, sad but true.
Well this little sporting event on TV here in my corner of the world was not meant to be. The game was snowed out! Not rained out, snowed out. Yes, only in Chicago mid April can a ball game get snowed out. I really thought my husband was joking when he said the game was cancelled. I was so looking forward to it. Oh well, I'll have to get my Chicago fix watching the Sox play which is coming up in a couple of days.
Growing up, the change of seasons was connected as much to sports as it was to the weather. Fall meant the start of football, college games on Saturdays, Sundays watching the Bears. Winter we had hockey and basketball and knowing the Cubs had started spring training meant warm weather was just around the corner (usually!). Summer was spent playing baseball outside on the street while trying to avoid hitting the parked cars. Each sport had its season and now having this sports channel here, I'm able to share the Amercan sports with my kids. Besides soccer and rugby with the occasional European b-ball or handball game, there's not much sports over here. American bball is pretty popular but baseball was no where to be seen until the final games of the World Series. Now, we've been able to watch the US football season, pro and college basketball complete with March Madness, and now the start of the baseball season. We've also watched a few hockey games. My kids really like watching sports and they're getting to know all these new ones. When we go to Chicago this summer, they'll actually understand what's going on in the baseball game. Gotta love that! Goooo Cubs!
Now I just need to teach them the words to the song.....
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Saturday, April 7, 2007
It's a Small World....
Our trip to Disneyland Paris (as it's now called; I seem to remember it used to be called Euro Disney..)
was a huge success. The kids had a blast, the weather was great, although a bit windy and chilly on Wednesday. Two days is the very minimum to see everything, at least everything you want to see. The most popular ride which they kept asking to go on was "It's a Small World". This worked out great since a.) it was just about my favorite too and b.) it had the least amount of wait time! The Fast Pass did help to organize your time and allow you to see as much as possible.
Kevin gets the award for asking the most times on the way there "are we there yet?" To be fair, the girls fell asleep on the way there so it went pretty fast for them. Although he had games and books, 2 1/2 hours in the car was still a long time to wait to see Buzz Lightyear.
The girls did great walking around the park only occasionally asking to be carried. We didn't rent strollers thinking it'd cause more problems then it'd solve and it turned out fine.
The kids discovered all beef hot dogs which they really liked at a baseball themed restaurant on Main street called Casey's Corner.
Kevin's favorite ride besides "It's a Small World" was The Buzz Lightyear ride where you have to shoot at anything with the letter Z and you accumulate points for every Z that you hit. He loved it! Colleen loved the flying elephants and Laura especially liked the tea cups or as she kept saying "crazy tea cups!"
The funniest part was at the end of the first day the kids thought we were going home and they really couldn't understand what we were talking about when we said we were staying the night at a hotel. Once they saw it and saw the beds, it's started to sink in. They had never stayed in a hotel before so this was yet another new experience.
The second day went just as smoothly with a little warmer weather. I haven't walked that much in a long time. It's amazing how much detail and care goes into every feature in the park. It's also amazing to see how much pleasure Disney brings not just to little ones but to adults as well. I loved watching the reactions of people while they were on the rides enjoying themselves. And as for the ride "It's a Small World", that could not have been more true as I heard at least five different languages being spoken while waiting in line.
It was an unforgettable experience and one I'm grateful to be able to give to my kids.
Click on any of the Flickr photos to see them all. I took a lot more than that but these pretty much sum up the two days.
And finally....HAPPY EASTER!!
was a huge success. The kids had a blast, the weather was great, although a bit windy and chilly on Wednesday. Two days is the very minimum to see everything, at least everything you want to see. The most popular ride which they kept asking to go on was "It's a Small World". This worked out great since a.) it was just about my favorite too and b.) it had the least amount of wait time! The Fast Pass did help to organize your time and allow you to see as much as possible.
Kevin gets the award for asking the most times on the way there "are we there yet?" To be fair, the girls fell asleep on the way there so it went pretty fast for them. Although he had games and books, 2 1/2 hours in the car was still a long time to wait to see Buzz Lightyear.
The girls did great walking around the park only occasionally asking to be carried. We didn't rent strollers thinking it'd cause more problems then it'd solve and it turned out fine.
The kids discovered all beef hot dogs which they really liked at a baseball themed restaurant on Main street called Casey's Corner.
Kevin's favorite ride besides "It's a Small World" was The Buzz Lightyear ride where you have to shoot at anything with the letter Z and you accumulate points for every Z that you hit. He loved it! Colleen loved the flying elephants and Laura especially liked the tea cups or as she kept saying "crazy tea cups!"
The funniest part was at the end of the first day the kids thought we were going home and they really couldn't understand what we were talking about when we said we were staying the night at a hotel. Once they saw it and saw the beds, it's started to sink in. They had never stayed in a hotel before so this was yet another new experience.
The second day went just as smoothly with a little warmer weather. I haven't walked that much in a long time. It's amazing how much detail and care goes into every feature in the park. It's also amazing to see how much pleasure Disney brings not just to little ones but to adults as well. I loved watching the reactions of people while they were on the rides enjoying themselves. And as for the ride "It's a Small World", that could not have been more true as I heard at least five different languages being spoken while waiting in line.
It was an unforgettable experience and one I'm grateful to be able to give to my kids.
Click on any of the Flickr photos to see them all. I took a lot more than that but these pretty much sum up the two days.
And finally....HAPPY EASTER!!
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