1800s Baseball

Papa, Matteo, and AJ traveled down I-25 about 25 miles and back in time over a hundred years to 1800s "living history" baseball as part of Heritage Days at the Rock Ledge Ranch (shares an entrance road with Garden of the Gods). Same spot we saw some Shakepeare plays earlier this summer; in fact, today's baseball field is where the tent theatre stood only weeks ago. The 1800s Camp Creek Cloud Busters (CCCB) played the 1882 Denver & Rio Grande Reds. Three balls drew a walk. You're "dead" when you're out. A fly ball could be caught on one bounce for an out (no mitts or gloves). Players scoring a run rang the cow bell at the scorekeeper's table on the way back to the bench (bails of hay). Quite fun! All the photos are here.

50 cents each. Pretty cheap today, a might
expensive for 1800s.

Teddy and Abe were there. Abe played catcher and batted at one point.
Don't try to do the math on the dates of things; you'll miss out on the fun.

$1 root beer.

The game was interrupted by a women's suffrage rally.

The guy with the cane was the ump, calling the "hurls" from off to the side
(not directly behind the batter/catcher).

Players and the cranks (the crowd) could influence the call with enough noise.

1882 Denver & Rio Grande Reds' bench.

No one fights alone

In this family, no one fights alone. It is easy to get caught up in Jonathan’s diagnosis and special needs but his diagnosis doesn’t just effect him but all my other kids wear his diagnosis and fights along side him. September is Chiari Awareness month and as I prepare to head to CA for Jonathan’s decompression surgery let’s not forget the other kids left home who are fighting also. #chiarimalformation #chiariawareness #tminus3daysuntilsurgery

A Chiari Dinosaur

To help Jonathan understand what is happening, Nana made him a special dinosaur that had his surgery date, incision, brain, and even hospital bracelet. Jonathan loves it! #chiarimalformation #chiariawareness #zipperhead #tminus6daysuntilsurgery

In essence, the chiari decompression surgery is to make more room for the brain (the cerebellum, to be exact) at the base of the skull. The surgery also relieves pressure on the spinal column and makes the flow of spinal fluid better.

And speaking of dinos, this indoraptor headed straight for Jonny's OJ this morning.

Theatre Kid's Life

Does this sound familiar?:

I can't, I have auditions.
I can't, I have callbacks.
I can't, I have first reading.
I can't, I have rehearsal.
I can't, I have vocals.
I can't, I have choreo.
I can't, it's tech week.
I can't, it's hell week.
I can't, it's final dress.
I can't, it's opening night.
I can't, it's my last performance.
I can't, I have strike.
I can't, I have a cast party.
I can't, I have auditions.