For Saturday lunch, Brad's Uncle Doug Van Arkel drove 3 1/2 hours down from Grand Rapids, MN to bring walleye and all the accoutrements for a fish fry feast. (Oh, and he cooked the entire lay-out all by himself and cleaned up too. Man!) Brad's cousin Jason Van Arkel is the sports announcer for the Lincoln Saltdogs, a baseball team in the same independent conference as the St. Paul Saints. He was here for a weekend series of games and brought his wife Sarah too. So we had a lovely afternoon with these three. Then Brad took Atticus to the evening game. We weren't sure how he'd do, but it ended up being great. There was kids' stuff set up behind the stands (jungle gymn, jumper, etc.) and creative "cheerleader" guys doing funny crowd gimmicks that Atticus just loved. He talked about it for a few days following, doing imitations of the cheers and jumping and laughing.
Wearing his St. Paul Saints headband...
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