Ste's birthday treat was a family day out to a Sharks (ice hockey) match at the HP Pavilion in San Jose.
The biggest treat for both of us was when everyone rose to their feet to listen to a fat lady sing the national anthem and in the quiet T bellowed 'GO SHARKS' at the top of his lungs. Classic T.
In fairness we had told the kids they could make as much noise as they wanted. And they did. They joined in with all the singing and silliness. The ice hockey is more like a show than a game - they kept stopping play to have dancing competitions, a giant shark hung from the ceiling and when a goal was scored a loud horn sounded and the only thing they didn't do was let off fireworks. Had it been played outdoors I sure they would have :) It was a bit like being at a fair. It was good fun though if only watching the greedy Americans eat Nachos, burgers, corn dogs in vast quantities. Lots of people ate throughout the whole game.
Sophia in particular loved it. She had been to an ice staking party earlier in the day and so was full having already been on the ice herself. She joined in with everything and was really rooting for the Sharks to beat the Blue Jackets (?!). T started off in fine form. I'm actually surprised he hasn't lost his voice this morning. Due to the late kick off time though he fell asleep (no idea how with the noise around him) in the 3rd period but woke up for the Sharks 3rd goal. Unfortunately the Blue Jackets scored the winner in the last minute and he cried all the way home. Life is hard when you're 4.
All in all a brilliant birthday treat and we shall go back (when we've saved up!)
The biggest treat for both of us was when everyone rose to their feet to listen to a fat lady sing the national anthem and in the quiet T bellowed 'GO SHARKS' at the top of his lungs. Classic T.
In fairness we had told the kids they could make as much noise as they wanted. And they did. They joined in with all the singing and silliness. The ice hockey is more like a show than a game - they kept stopping play to have dancing competitions, a giant shark hung from the ceiling and when a goal was scored a loud horn sounded and the only thing they didn't do was let off fireworks. Had it been played outdoors I sure they would have :) It was a bit like being at a fair. It was good fun though if only watching the greedy Americans eat Nachos, burgers, corn dogs in vast quantities. Lots of people ate throughout the whole game.
Sophia in particular loved it. She had been to an ice staking party earlier in the day and so was full having already been on the ice herself. She joined in with everything and was really rooting for the Sharks to beat the Blue Jackets (?!). T started off in fine form. I'm actually surprised he hasn't lost his voice this morning. Due to the late kick off time though he fell asleep (no idea how with the noise around him) in the 3rd period but woke up for the Sharks 3rd goal. Unfortunately the Blue Jackets scored the winner in the last minute and he cried all the way home. Life is hard when you're 4.
All in all a brilliant birthday treat and we shall go back (when we've saved up!)
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