So I tried to do something special for Canaan for his birthday because to me 10 is quite a milestone so I took him to a Maine Red Claws game. He had been wanting to go for over a year and it all lined up with the game being a couple days before his birthday and my days off. I asked him who he wanted to bring and he picked his cousin Landen.
I called the box office back in December and told the guy I was looking for decent tickets as we hadn't been before and he said he gave us the area he likes to sit. I must say he set us up with some fantastic seats, I would gladly buy those again.
The weather held out for us and we picked up Landen just after 5pm. Being the big spender that I am I treated the boys to some Wendy's dollar menu that we ate in the van on the ride down. We got to the Portland Expo right about 6pm for a 7pm game time. We were stopped at a seat belt check by Portland Police and as we were all wearing out seat belts were given vouchers for free t-shirts at the traffic safety table. Also it was free Red Claws sock night for the first 1000 people, so we got free socks and a free t-shirt!!
My coworker Kelly, her daughter is a member of the Lady Red Claws and she spoke with her about the team taking a photo with the boys, which the did at the start of the game.
I'm not a fan of basketball but I had a really good time at the game. The boys had a fantastic time together, which wasn't a surprise. The building was pretty near packed and the claws have a very vocal local fan base. Sadly they lost but it was good competitive game. At one point the boys were on the "jumbo tron" Landen noticed and they started dancing, it was hilarious!
At half time I bought them a Red Claws Cruncher ice cream, even though I wasn't allowed to walk around with them. Two chocolate chip cookies filled with chocolate ice cream dipped in chocolate. The boys made messes of themselves, Landen had it running down his arm and he couldn't have cared less.
It was a new experience going with two 10 year olds instead of just Canaan. I suddenly went from "cool Dad" to "try not to embarrass us Dad" but I guess I need to get used to it. I would gladly take to two of them to another event again. Canaan expressed interest in going to a Pirates game and Landen WWE. If the opportunity arises I'll take Landen with us to an Indy show.
We are having Canaan's birthday party on the 23rd should be a great time, Canaan should love his gift that we got him.
Later readers!
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