UCLA vs. Kentucky

When a partner at the firm sends you an email offering three $400 seats to the UCLA vs. Kentucky basketball game there should never be even a slight hesitation as to whether or not it's a good idea to take them. And there wasn't. Because free-to-us seats at a college ball game is like heaven to me. A last minute babysitter was found for the younger two and Talmage got a special date with both of his parents. On the way to the game we were trying to figure out the last time T had a real date alone with BOTH of us, and you know what, we're pretty sure it was before Everett was born! We definitely won't wait that long again because it was so much fun and he was such a great date! Alone time with kids is such a rarity and it's so interesting to get to know them as separate entities from their siblings. What I learned on this date? T's favorite snack bar food is a salted pretzel, he's kind of a Sprite-hog when you share a fountain soda and he loves basketball almost as much as I did. Oh, and he's fiercely loyal to the home team, booing bad calls and waiving his pom-pom wildly over UCLA 3-pointers. 

 James and T and about every food option the concession stand had to offer. I mean, the seats were free...we had to make up for it somehow, right?!

We also lucked out by going on free shirt night. They're adult t-shirts, but that didn't keep T from wearing his for the whole game and begging to wear it to school everyday. It's a bed shirt for now, but I don't know how much longer I'm going to win this war!

UCLA beat Kentucky (who WAS ranked #1) so as you can imagine the game was intense, the crowd was wild and the energy in that arena could have lit the Empire State Building. We saw quite a few celebrities including Shaq and Jaleel White and it made me feel just a little old when T had no idea who either of them were (really kid? Stephan Urkel?!)

As if we hadn't had enough treats, we decided to go out for frozen yogurt at Big Chill. We came home with a tired T to a clean house (thanks babysitter!) that felt so much more welcoming after a fun night out. I can't wait until the next time we can go to a Bruins game!