Since the Red Sox were the World Series champions and my twin boys had just started Little League, we decided to have a baseball party for their sixth birthday in June 2005. We had a BBQ in the backyard with a tent "just in case".  The decorations were mylar baseball and regular balloons attached to the tent, trophys and Red Sox baseball cards on the snack table, and a poster of "Champ", the mascot for Vermont's minor league baseball team the VT Expos, who we sent an invitation to. As the kids arrived they snacked on pretzels dipped in mustard and peanuts in the shells, and ran around in the backyard. Suddenly Champ himself walked into the yard. The kids went crazy! My sons were so excited that Champ came to their party (for a fee of course)! Champ gave the twins gift bags that I arranged that had Expos t-shirts, pins, postcards, and baseballs. Champ brought his own baseball cards with him and signed one for each child while we took pictures. Then everyone ran over to the park across the street for a baseball game with Champ as the pitcher.  We used a big bat, and a beach ball decorated like a baseball so everyone had a chance to hit. Neighborhood kids of all ages had joined by end of the game. Then Champ brought them back to house and he handed the boys their presents as they unwrapped. Champ waved goodbye, then everyone had hot dogs, veggies, chips, and gatorade.  The Expos let us borrow a picture board of Champ and a baseball player with cut-outs where the kids could put their faces for pictures.  The cake had a picture of Champ on it, baseball bat candles, and a "scoreboard" with my twin's names, six innings with one run in each inning, for a score of 6 years! Goody-bags included a Champ sticker, baseball pencils, baseball chocolates, Big League Chew, a mini VT Expos baseball, and a box of Cracker Jacks.  Everyone declared the party a big success.