Go Tigers!

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On Saturday, Jacob got to go to his first Detroit Tiger's game! We got some free tickets from our friend Jen (her husband Bret was very bummed that they didn't get to go - more on that later). Since we had four tickets and kids under three don't count as people to Illitch, we invited Dan and Lynette while Colin and Jacob tagged along. I'm not sure, of the two boys, which was less interested in the game. Colin preferred to take walks or play with his cars. Jake, if pointed in the direction of the field, at least looked there, so I guess we'd have to say Jake was a better fan! It was a beautiful night, but between the temperature cooling down (aka getting comfortable), Jake's pending feeding, and Michele being exhausted, we left in the middle of the eighth inning. The Tigers went on to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth and win it in the tenth. While it would have been cool to witness in person, I would not have wanted to explain to Michele (who had been counting down to the ninth inning since the top of the third) what it meant that we were entering the 10th inning. This is the same woman that it took about 3 seasons of Spartan football to catch on to how the down system works.

As I mentioned, we got the tickets from Jen who got them through work. While they actually were in town for the weekend, they were here for a wedding and could not use the tickets. They did manage to stop over on Sunday for a cookout and then we all ventured to the new Ikea store in Canton. The store is huge, maze-like, and crowded with people. I don't think I'd go back on a weekend. Again, we had to think about Jake's feeding and had to leave after about an hour. I think you'd have to slate in about 3 or 4 hours to see the whole store!