reasons #134 and #135 why i'm the coolest aunt ever

erma, scout, enrique, and i went to our last twins game of the year today. (tomorrow is the last home game, next sunday the last game.) we lost, but that's not why i'm the coolest. that part kinda stinks (and has nothing to do with me - i'm only responsible when they win).

but anyway. the girls wanted mauer cups (collectable cups that you get when you buy pop). each food stand is different, though, so you don't know what cups they'll have. last week my father and i walked around the whole dome seeing if there was any chance they had a cuddyer or hunter cup, which they don't. every booth we saw had morneau, except one, which had santana (but even that it was only at one register). but erma and scout decided they wanted to try for a mauer one (which we knew existed, just hadn't seen) today. while scout fell behind with enrique, erma and i plowed ahead. finally, at the very end, we found a booth with mauer cups! yay! i went up to the counter, pulled out the money, and said i'd like a mauer cup. the woman said, 'we aren't selling anything here. this booth is for group appreciation.' i said, 'you're the only booth with mauer cups!' and she just shook her head with a 'too bad for you' look.

we started to walk away, when i spun around, turned to erma and said, 'i'm getting you one.' so we lurked until i found a likely victim (or rather witting accomplice) - a kind looking man of about 35 years. 'excuse me, sir?' i asked. 'is there any chance you could get a mauer cup for us? this is the only booth that has them but they won't let us buy any.' i held out the money and looked at erma to draw the attention there so he could see how cute she is and how badly she needed a mauer cup. he looked over at her, then looked back at me and said, 'actually we don't buy anything here. i'll just go order two cokes.' so he did, then once the three of us walked out of eyesight, he passed one to me to give to her. :D then he said, 'i have one that i finished already back at my seat if you want another one.' 'oh that would be perfect! i have another niece running around here somewhere!' so we walked with him to his seats (though not all the way, cuz he didn't want anyone there catching him being the one giving the cups to girls who weren't supposed to have them), and he gave us the other one! yay! so scout got one, too! i am the coolest aunt ever!

then, when we came home, i gave them each a pennant with joe mauer on it. (you know, a pennant - those flag shaped things that usually have team names on them? well, this one goes up and down and has a picture of mauer. it's way cute.) i rock.