For March Break, we went to Pittsburgh.
This elicited a lot of comments from people when we told them where we were going. "Oh, Pittsburgh? Er... what's in Pittsburgh?"
That's the same reaction I had when Chad first came up with the idea a few months ago. As it turns out though... there is LOTS to do in Pittsburgh. (And it's only a 5-hour drive for us.) But the main reason we went was to see a hockey game. Liam loves the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Mallory just plain loves penguins. The game we saw featured the Bruins as well and Liam loves Tim Thomas so... it was perfect for us.
So we got to Pittsburgh, and the first thing we had to do was get a hat. From a shop outside of the arena, because goodness knows they are cheaper there:
Mallory got in on the hats, too, finding a cute little pink and white sparkly version. She does not have a Penguins jersey the same way Liam does, but she does have a penguin shirt, and that's what she decided to wear on the day of the game. It made for a very cute outfit:
Mallory watched approximately two minutes of the game, after which we kept her busy with food. She had a pizza, she had a drink, she had some Cracker Jack that she decided she did not like, after which we got her some regular popcorn, which she literally within thirty seconds dumped on the floor. Then she wanted a hot dog. I think we spent almost as much on her food as we did on her ticket. Then, she played Angry Birds until the game was over:
Liam, on the other hand, kept track of every shot, every statistic, every player on the team. He was in heaven. He is just adorable, that one. The only thing he did not like was the noise when the Penguins scored. Pittsburgh has some pretty loyal and rowdy fans, and the game was a sellout... so it was loud:
And also, it was a high scoring game. The Penguins won, 5-2. It was a great game to take kids to see, because who wants to see a game that ends 1-0? Nope, you'd much rather see lots of goals. You'd just rather not HEAR them, I suppose.
Arena lighting is pretty sucky but I think this is my favourite shot of the whole trip:
It certainly turned out much better than this one, which a man in the seat behind us took. This is what I'd been planning for months on using as my March Four People Twelve Times entry, so to see that it didn't turn out was pretty disappointing:
Also disappointing: we missed the return of Sid "The Kid" Crosby by ONE game. Initial rumours had him pegged to return during the game we were at and we had every finger and toe crossed when we first heard that... but it was not to be.
So the game was great... and we still had three more days in Pittsburgh. Lots more to do.
For March Break, we went to Pittsburgh.
This elicited a lot of comments from people when we told them where we were going. "Oh, Pittsburgh? Er... what's in Pittsburgh?"
That's the same reaction I had when Chad first came up with the idea a few months ago. As it turns out though... there is LOTS to do in Pittsburgh. (And it's only a 5-hour drive for us.) But the main reason we went was to see a hockey game. Liam loves the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Mallory just plain loves penguins. The game we saw featured the Bruins as well and Liam loves Tim Thomas so... it was perfect for us.
So we got to Pittsburgh, and the first thing we had to do was get a hat. From a shop outside of the arena, because goodness knows they are cheaper there:
Mallory got in on the hats, too, finding a cute little pink and white sparkly version. She does not have a Penguins jersey the same way Liam does, but she does have a penguin shirt, and that's what she decided to wear on the day of the game. It made for a very cute outfit:
Mallory watched approximately two minutes of the game, after which we kept her busy with food. She had a pizza, she had a drink, she had some Cracker Jack that she decided she did not like, after which we got her some regular popcorn, which she literally within thirty seconds dumped on the floor. Then she wanted a hot dog. I think we spent almost as much on her food as we did on her ticket. Then, she played Angry Birds until the game was over:
Liam, on the other hand, kept track of every shot, every statistic, every player on the team. He was in heaven. He is just adorable, that one. The only thing he did not like was the noise when the Penguins scored. Pittsburgh has some pretty loyal and rowdy fans, and the game was a sellout... so it was loud:
And also, it was a high scoring game. The Penguins won, 5-2. It was a great game to take kids to see, because who wants to see a game that ends 1-0? Nope, you'd much rather see lots of goals. You'd just rather not HEAR them, I suppose.
Arena lighting is pretty sucky but I think this is my favourite shot of the whole trip:
It certainly turned out much better than this one, which a man in the seat behind us took. This is what I'd been planning for months on using as my March Four People Twelve Times entry, so to see that it didn't turn out was pretty disappointing:
Also disappointing: we missed the return of Sid "The Kid" Crosby by ONE game. Initial rumours had him pegged to return during the game we were at and we had every finger and toe crossed when we first heard that... but it was not to be.
So the game was great... and we still had three more days in Pittsburgh. Lots more to do.
1 comment:
looks like you had fantastic weather for march break-sorry Crosby was not playing-but they won and it looks like you had great seats too.aunt sue
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