The day after Eric's birthday Justin had to leave bright and early for a work trip to Fort Hood, TX. So that night I took the kids to an exhibition game at KU. It was our first basketball game there and oh man was it quite the experience. "The Phog" was an interesting place for sure. This was not LJVM Coliseum! It had the feel of Cameron Indoor and looked more like the old Wake Forest coliseum but without the smoke. The was a walk way the went all the way around the place, just like the old Wake place.
All the lower level seats were wooden bleacher style. Even the seats behind the benches were bleachers!! There was a lot of excitement and you would have thought it was a hotly contested game and not one that didn't matter.
The bad part was we had general admission tickets. Which meant we had 3 sections to choose from and this was our view during the game. The people stood the WHOLE time except during time-outs. So frustrating for the kids.
Then the next Saturday I took the kids to a KU football game. Justin was still in Texas. It was a perfectly beautiful fall day. The kids had fun playing the the kids zone on the practice field. Bouncing in the bounce houses, target practice with throwing the football, and running around.
The football team is not doing as well as the basketball team so we could pretty much sit wherever we wanted. Eric loves to sit on the front row, so we did! I'm not sure much football was watched. The cheerleaders in front of us and the band to our right were good distractors! We did get to see a touchdown scored right in front of us though so that was fun. After seeing the football players up close, Will announced that he could do that! I have no doubt buddy!!
Being on the front row means the Jayhawk comes by for a visit!
Enjoying the game! This was the first time the kids were wearing their winter coats. Will had a minor meltdown walking from the car to the stadium. Why you might ask? Well, the cuff of his sleeve was NOT right! So he pulls and tugs, cries, threatens to cut it into pieces, and tried to quickly get it off. It's a problem when living in a tropical place for 3 years and now it's cold! But we worked through it and as soon as he got distracted on a bounce house and throwing a football he was just fine! We are still working on getting Eric into shoes though. He loves to wear his crocs so now I just have to tell him to wear his sock with them!! Not sure how the snow boots will work for the boys!!
It was also military appreciation day.
And baby Jay came by as well!!
And then a flashback to my younger years on the way home. I spotted this station wagon and it reminded me of riding in the back with that bench seat up!! Will took the picture for me.
