When we got home, Jack was there between meetings so we were able to give Grace's her Valentine's gifts. Her favorite was her Dora Valentine's Day balloon. She also loved her new book, cars and stickers. She was very proud to give her Daddy the card she colored for him and tell him "Hap Valentine's Day."
Jack has wanted to take Grace to a basketball game since she was born. They watch it on tv together and Grace has learned to say "shoot" and "pass." We have been looking at the local college schedule for months and decided to go to see the Samford Women's Basketball game on Valentine's Day. We figured it wouldn't be crowded and the women's games were cheaper than the men's ;o). We told Grace all week about the basketball game and she was very excited.
When we got to the arena, we learned it was a double header with the women and men and therefore twice the price, but we forged ahead because money was no object in this special night. The game had already started when we walked into the basketball arena at the exact moment the Samford bulldog mascot was walking by.
Grace was instantly terrified. And terrified is putting it mildly... It was pure panic. We walked out the door and found another one on the other side where the mascot was not in sight. We went and sat on the second row and had a great view of the game. Grace watched the last 5 minutes of the period tenatively but still gave a few "shoot" and "pass" and even a random "Roll Tide." Unfortuntely our close proximety to the court did not bode well during halftime when the mascot came out on the court. Grace completely lost it. We got up and went to get some consessions to calm her down. She picked a dinner of hotdogs and popcorn and we headed back to our seat. We didn't make it in the door before the screaming started. She was just petrified of that mascot. We ended up sitting in a hallway to eat and calm her down when guess who walked by..... Poor Grace. We've never, ever seen her that scared. Her little heart was pounding so hard and fast. We tried to take her back into the game when the halftime was over but she was just so upset and was literally begging "Peezzz Mommy, home, bye, bye, home." So, after 5 minutes of actual game watching from the first half, we took Grace home. On the way to the car, we asked her if she had fun and she said "yeah, basketball game" and smiled.
Jack has wanted to take Grace to a basketball game since she was born. They watch it on tv together and Grace has learned to say "shoot" and "pass." We have been looking at the local college schedule for months and decided to go to see the Samford Women's Basketball game on Valentine's Day. We figured it wouldn't be crowded and the women's games were cheaper than the men's ;o). We told Grace all week about the basketball game and she was very excited.
When we got to the arena, we learned it was a double header with the women and men and therefore twice the price, but we forged ahead because money was no object in this special night. The game had already started when we walked into the basketball arena at the exact moment the Samford bulldog mascot was walking by.
Grace was instantly terrified. And terrified is putting it mildly... It was pure panic. We walked out the door and found another one on the other side where the mascot was not in sight. We went and sat on the second row and had a great view of the game. Grace watched the last 5 minutes of the period tenatively but still gave a few "shoot" and "pass" and even a random "Roll Tide." Unfortuntely our close proximety to the court did not bode well during halftime when the mascot came out on the court. Grace completely lost it. We got up and went to get some consessions to calm her down. She picked a dinner of hotdogs and popcorn and we headed back to our seat. We didn't make it in the door before the screaming started. She was just petrified of that mascot. We ended up sitting in a hallway to eat and calm her down when guess who walked by..... Poor Grace. We've never, ever seen her that scared. Her little heart was pounding so hard and fast. We tried to take her back into the game when the halftime was over but she was just so upset and was literally begging "Peezzz Mommy, home, bye, bye, home." So, after 5 minutes of actual game watching from the first half, we took Grace home. On the way to the car, we asked her if she had fun and she said "yeah, basketball game" and smiled.
Grace looking for the scary dog
2 comments:
Poor Grace!!! I guess her first basketball game wasn't too successful, but it sure was memorable!!
Thanks for leaving a comment Devon! Grace would love it if the rest of you did too so she knows who is reading her blog!
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