Friday was “Bring Your Frog to Work” Day.
Okay. Not really. But it should have been. For me it was. Maybe I’ll start a trend. Yup. It’s already on my iPhone calendar. Every First Friday in May shall be “Bring Your Frog to Work Day”.
I had intended to spend my lunch hour at the Park behind my office, taking photos of flying hawks and scurrying ground squirrels. Instead, it evolved into me taking photos of Nippers every chance I got.
It started with him accepting his role. That is, being the Frog that I took to work today.
Bring Your Frog to Work Day
When I won the monthly office contest, he helped me celebrate.
Red Robin…. yumm!
Then he joined me for lunch.
Tacos and Frogs. Do they really go together?
Later in the afternoon, we did the daily bank- and mail-run for the office. He wanted to check our P.O. Box. Sadly, other than himself, it was empty.
Postage Due?
Shortly after, it was time to wind up the work week and head home. But not for long – I won tickets to the local minor league baseball game for tonight. Nippers and I took Dot, my Second Daughter, and my Second-Second Daughter to see the High Desert Mavericks wallop the Lancaster Jethawks. It was quite the game! Back and forth, strike outs, errors, runs, outs… it was intense! And oh, so fun.
Nippers at Stater Bros. Stadium. My little photo-bombing frog.
Mavericks Warming Up
After a while, the girls and I got hungry. Every Friday home game is Family Feast Night: hot dogs and sodas for just a dollar each! Nippers certainly likes his foods…
Ballpark Food. Yummm!
In keeping with my Luck lately, halfway through the second inning, a Mavericks staffer walked by and handed everyone a card. Okay, sure. Everyone got one. But if I hadn’t won the game tickets, I wouldn’t have been present to get this ticket. Am I right?!
Bowling, anyone?
And then of course it was time to document the humans. My Second Daughter Elisa Jo took this wonderful photo of all of us.
A new kind of Family Game Night.
We sang the Seventh Inning Stretch. We sang “Sweet Caroline”. We ate dollar hot dogs and drank ballpark beer (well, two of us did!). We freaked out, multiple times, when a moth the size of Calcutta decided it really loved Dot and Elisa Jo. And we were laughed at, often, by those around us who experienced our girlish screams.
Would we do it again? Quicker than you can say, “Yes!”
The Mavericks won. It was a wonderful game. Not slow and draggy as some baseball games are. At first it seems the Mavs had no kick and were gonna go down without a fight. But by the third inning they snapped to and gave the Lancaster Jethawks a run for their money! In the end, the Mavs won 7-9.
Friday’s over. “Bring Your Frog to Work” Day is done. But the memories of this nearly perfect day will remain. Can a frog bring you luck? I’m pretty sure mine can. Does. Has.
And Frankly, My Dear… that’s all she wrote!
What a fun filled day for you and Nipper!s and the girls! Loving those fun pics of him throughout the day! I love minor legue b-day, our team here are the Long Island Ducks. Hard to get tickets they sell out all the local games. Much more “real” in feel to old-time baseball compared to the pro ball. I don’t get to go often as it is SOOOO expensive to see my beloved Mets. I normally go when my brother gives me a ticket that he isn’t using…very rare!
I am still amazed a dollar for a hot dog or a soda!!
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It was a fun day, Winnie! I also would love a “pro” ball game. My favorite team is the Yankees. If I’m ever in your neck of the woods, we’ll have to go see a cross-town competition. It’s nice that your brother shares his tickets, even if it’s few and far between. Yes, the Family Feast part is always nice on the wallet, too. We’ve decided to make this a quasi-regular event!
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How fun! I’d like to go to the AA club that is close by us, but games usually start at 7 and bed time is 8 for my little guy. Maybe in a few years.
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Local ball games are fun. Does your team have Saturday afternoon games? If not, maybe you could take him to a school game. Not quite the same thing, but it is still baseball.
Haha. Hilarious post. What a fantastic Friday! Love the frog shots!
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Thanks, Sandra. It was obviously too much fun having the Frog in all the photos!
That kind of frog at work is acceptable!
My coworker suggests I get an African Dwarf Frog. Definitely thinking about it.
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