Okay, the last blog raved about the merits of free, spontaneous fun with the kids. This one deals with the planned and expensive kind - we took the young'uns to see an NFL game. We're a football family and the kids have seen football in various incarnations - backyard, little league, middle school, high school, and college. They had never seen the big time so this past summer we purchased tickets to a Panthers game for the four of us.
Originally we had just planned on driving up that morning, seeing the game, and coming home. On Saturday we had a change of plans. It was a beautiful day coming on the heels of a rainy, cold one and we couldn't resist the urge to take a leisurely drive on the back roads and go to Charlotte a day early. We got a hotel for the night, ate dinner at a new restaurant, and went swimming in the indoor pool. Next morning we had breakfast waiting on us in the lobby and we were able to wander around downtown before going to the stadium. I am so happy we did! We wandered past the Marriott and saw several charter buses out front and a yellow tape marking the hotel entrance. It was the visiting team's hotel! The Arizona Cardinals were about to come out. I'm not a Cardinals fan, but it was still exciting - especially when Matt Leinart came out looking all fine in his suit. See above - mmm, mmm, mmm. Even Sara, who had been ho-hum about the whole thing, got excited at that point.
The kids got to 'do the wave' and everyone near us was well-behaved and relatively sober. Our seats were on the top row (section 511, row 34). Notice the wall behind us in the pictures. We definitely got a workout every time someone wanted a snack or go to the restroom, but it was okay. The game was close and fun to watch. Thankfully, the Panthers won and we all had a good time, but I am still not sure it was more fun than dancing in the living room on Friday night...
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