Birthday with the Timberwolves

 

I am not big on having the kids’ birthdays at our house. In fact, we have never had a kid party at our house. The amount of work that goes into entertaining little ones for hours on end (especially boys) is just not what this teacher wants to do on her day off!

 

So, Connor’s 9th birthday was inching closer and closer. Because his birthday is in March, he kind-of gets the raw end of the deal because he is limited to indoor activities only. However, Connor had been talking about wanting to go to a Timberwolves game since basketball started. He had never been and Mike and I had only been to one game and it was a long time ago. Wouldn’t you know it, at the beginning of February we got a post card in the mail describing their birthday package. We decided to take advantage of it.

 

We had two games to choose from and since one was a week night, we picked the Sunday afternoon game. We got 8 tickets with the package. We can only fit 7 into our vehicle and after the four of us, that left Connor three tickets for his buddies.

 

 

 

Of course, the first game had to take place in the skyway………

 

 

Upon arriving at Target Center we first had our meet-and-greet with Crunch, the Timberwolves mascot.

Here he is perking up when the lady asked who the birthday boy was……..

 

First it was time for a little all-star wrestling, Crunch style……..

 

 

 

Crunch pulling off Connor shoes…….

 

The Birthday Boy……

 

 

The kids were then allowed to play basketball in this special area……lots of fun music and sweaty kids.

 

 

 

Then it was time to go to our seats and eat! Everyone was starving. The tickets came with meals. they also delivered cupcakes to our row, and they were YUMMY!

 

During the game, Connor’s name was on the scoreboard and I missed it. I was expecting it to be flashed alone, but it scrolled at the bottom of the screen and I didn’t see it until it was too late. Of course, he was the first kid because it was alphabetical. So, no picture of his name…..which is a bummer.

 

 

Timberwolves howling ……

 

Connor also got a Kevin Love jersey with the package….

 

Speaking of Kevin Love, they were having some technical difficulties during the game with the scoreboard. They stopped the game three times to try and fix the shot clock. It was a long time before they would try to go back out and play the game and Love got annoyed after awhile and he decided to just lie down on the table….

 

 

It was such a great time. Kids had a blast and went home with posters, pencils, and bookmarks!

 

My birthday was a week ago and I left Mike a huge hint as to what I wanted (in other words, I left it up on the computer, told him I wanted it for my birthday, and walked away so he could order it).

 

A new camera bag…..

 

I have been wanting a new camera bag that looked more like a purse. I want to be able to go on vacation and not have to drag both. The inside is all sectioned off for my flash, lenses, and camera. There is tons more room and I can haul my own personal items, along with our flip camera all in one bag. And the bonus….it’s cute!

 

 

We leave for Florida in two days! We are all so excited. Getting ready this week has not been enjoyable as my vertigo has decided to rear its ugly head, but oh well. I am just going to go with the flow, if I have an attack, I have an attack. Not much I can do about it.  I just hope it happens somewhere near a bathroom and a bed as I generally need both of those items to get through the worst of it. One more work day and then it’s time to relax!

LB