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Saturday, June 21, 2008
The Sox and Cubs played early today. I didn't watch because I was busy in the kitchen. Today was Jen's baby shower and I promised to help with food. It was easy to keep up with the action on the field just because Bill screamed and hooted and screamed again. Finally it was all over and he screamed harder. Cubs won 11 to 7. Sox better pull their heads out of their armpits and begin to play like a major league team. (I'd like to say or else. I won't. It's too much fun to bate each other, and I have no plans of changing my allegiances.)
I did mention a while back that Jen is expecting. She's due the beginning of August, but it doesn't look as if she'll make it that far. She's huge. Anyway, being that Becki is her best friend, Becki helped to organize a baby shower. Only Jen wanted everyone she knew, male and female to partake. Becki worked her ass off. Someone bought the cake and Jen's Mom did chicken.
Becky organized games and bought prizes, too. She made the mistake of saying that Jen's family is really competitive. I took that as a challenge. When Becki passed out three pieces of paper with games on them, I went to town. There was a game in which we had to unscramble baby products, and another in which we had to name the baby animal. There was a goose, which the baby is a gosling. I looked at it and saw a duck. I said duckling. There were seals, deer, cows, etc. There was a picture of a baby in his crib, and there were 28 items that didn't belong. The teddy bear had a carrot from its nose, and the numbers on the clock was out of order. It also wasn't plugged in. So anyway, I found 26 errors in the picture........ Oh, never mind. I won all three. Had to. Just couldn't walk away.
Becki asked everyone to cut a piece of ribbon off a spool. We wrapped that around Jen's belly. The person closest to the actual size won a prize. And then someone guessed how many Skittles there were in a jar. I said one, thinking if everyone else went over, I might be closest. Someone else said 6. Jen's grandfather came closest and he won the Skittles. He was disappointed because he thought they were jellybeans. I didn't try to diaper the baby doll while blindfolded. Everyone got a laugh out of watching those who did. We had a good time.
The only thing to mar the day was that half the people there wore Cubs jerseys. Jen's Dad wore a Sox jersey and as insults flew his way, he handed them right back. The competition intensified when Jen and her boyfriend, Bob, opened gifts. Right away she received two Cub jerseys for baby. We Southsiders hooted and howled. Then toward the end of the stack of gifts, Bob pulled a rope out of a laundry basket. Clothes pins held brand new outfits and accessories to the rope. Somewhere in the middle, a Sox onsie was pinned. We clapped. The last packages to be opened were what Becki and I bought her. (In an earlier post I explained how we bought a laundry basket, and as either of us went shopping, we bought little things to drop in the basket. There were lotions, soaps, laundry soup and softener, a piggy bank, some toys and even some books. Becki picked up one outfit and I picked up another. She put both together in a separate box, and made sure that Jen opened that first. Jen grabbed one outfit and Bob the other, and both held them up. I bought her another Sox outfit and Becki bought a Superman outfit complete with cape. Not only were the Sox fans satisfied, but we found out that Bob is Superman crazy!
One photo I took is of Becki and Jen together, holding onto each other. I have a huge number of photos just like this one, but with different situation and different clothing. This one is cute, too. Just surprises the hell out of me how big this girl is!
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Day Two - Cross Town Classic and a Baby Shower
The Sox and Cubs played early today. I didn't watch because I was busy in the kitchen. Today was Jen's baby shower and I promised to help with food. It was easy to keep up with the action on the field just because Bill screamed and hooted and screamed again. Finally it was all over and he screamed harder. Cubs won 11 to 7. Sox better pull their heads out of their armpits and begin to play like a major league team. (I'd like to say or else. I won't. It's too much fun to bate each other, and I have no plans of changing my allegiances.)
I did mention a while back that Jen is expecting. She's due the beginning of August, but it doesn't look as if she'll make it that far. She's huge. Anyway, being that Becki is her best friend, Becki helped to organize a baby shower. Only Jen wanted everyone she knew, male and female to partake. Becki worked her ass off. Someone bought the cake and Jen's Mom did chicken.
Becky organized games and bought prizes, too. She made the mistake of saying that Jen's family is really competitive. I took that as a challenge. When Becki passed out three pieces of paper with games on them, I went to town. There was a game in which we had to unscramble baby products, and another in which we had to name the baby animal. There was a goose, which the baby is a gosling. I looked at it and saw a duck. I said duckling. There were seals, deer, cows, etc. There was a picture of a baby in his crib, and there were 28 items that didn't belong. The teddy bear had a carrot from its nose, and the numbers on the clock was out of order. It also wasn't plugged in. So anyway, I found 26 errors in the picture........ Oh, never mind. I won all three. Had to. Just couldn't walk away.
Becki asked everyone to cut a piece of ribbon off a spool. We wrapped that around Jen's belly. The person closest to the actual size won a prize. And then someone guessed how many Skittles there were in a jar. I said one, thinking if everyone else went over, I might be closest. Someone else said 6. Jen's grandfather came closest and he won the Skittles. He was disappointed because he thought they were jellybeans. I didn't try to diaper the baby doll while blindfolded. Everyone got a laugh out of watching those who did. We had a good time.
The only thing to mar the day was that half the people there wore Cubs jerseys. Jen's Dad wore a Sox jersey and as insults flew his way, he handed them right back. The competition intensified when Jen and her boyfriend, Bob, opened gifts. Right away she received two Cub jerseys for baby. We Southsiders hooted and howled. Then toward the end of the stack of gifts, Bob pulled a rope out of a laundry basket. Clothes pins held brand new outfits and accessories to the rope. Somewhere in the middle, a Sox onsie was pinned. We clapped. The last packages to be opened were what Becki and I bought her. (In an earlier post I explained how we bought a laundry basket, and as either of us went shopping, we bought little things to drop in the basket. There were lotions, soaps, laundry soup and softener, a piggy bank, some toys and even some books. Becki picked up one outfit and I picked up another. She put both together in a separate box, and made sure that Jen opened that first. Jen grabbed one outfit and Bob the other, and both held them up. I bought her another Sox outfit and Becki bought a Superman outfit complete with cape. Not only were the Sox fans satisfied, but we found out that Bob is Superman crazy!
One photo I took is of Becki and Jen together, holding onto each other. I have a huge number of photos just like this one, but with different situation and different clothing. This one is cute, too. Just surprises the hell out of me how big this girl is!
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Hey Jude, so sorry I've been away for so long. It was nice to share some of your day today.
Congrats on the Sox win :)
I'll be by to see you again soon.
Jimmy -
I didn't realize the rivalry would even come up in a baby shower between the Sox and Cubs. I guess everyone is a die hard. Sounds like a great time was had by all at the shower. (Hugs)Indigo
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Sox and Cubs fans don't get along? Who knew:)
Have a great weekend!
Chris
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Looks like it was a fine party and I would have loved hearing the factions trade playful barbs.
Jimmy
6/22/08 10:53 PM
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