Little Cubbie

Yesterday Yelena went to her very first Cubs game, which also happened to be her first ballgame. Rafi's parents, Marsha and Brian, had extra tickets and we were thrilled to join them. It was a Ferris Bueller sort of day, warm and clear with a breeze, birds soaring in and out of Wrigley Field and, best of all, the Cubs won 4-0. (Perhaps we should have taken our little good luck charm earlier in the season.) She sat and cuddled in our laps the whole game and seemed to really enjoy herself, especially playing with Marsha's score cards and having her first taste of ice cream.

Before and after the game, Yelena had a good time playing Godzilla with Rafi's trains. Since I've been misplacing the camera right and left -- always within our house, I'll have you know -- we didn't bring it, but Marsha has a cute picture of Yelena and Rafi playing here.

Eli thought baseball was a good start, so I came down from making pomegranate sorbet to find Daddy and Yelena watching football together on the TV. No! We'll have to get Chicago Fire tickets next year to indoctrinate her into real football, you know, the kind you actually play with your feet.