DPoD November 10th - Monkey and Daddy do the Sens game

THANKS STU!!! We got some great tickets to today's game for Monkey's first time to see the Senator's play. We arranged for a 3 o'clock game so that Monkey could be up for it. And was he ever up for it.
We caught the bus right near home and then connected to the 400 bus to take us right to Scotiabank place.

Monkey told me right away that this was the place where he saw Thomas with grandma and grandpa months ago. We made the connection with only a minute in between and got dropped off right at the doors. We stopped for a quick photo outside

and then proceeded indoors to take our seats. We were a little early, so we had a few moments to take it all in. We were right near the ice behind the net

so we were able to come to ice level and watch them warm up from only a few feet away. You can see the goalie right behind Monkey in this picture here.

We went back to our seats and shortly after daddy's favourite part of the game - the national anthem. Monkey took off his hat and joined the 20 000 fans in singing. It was really moving. The game started and it was really full of action. The puck moved from end to end quickly and Monkey was following right along. He was cheering 'Go Sens Go' to the chagrin of the neighbouring Habs fans and the delight of every hockey mom around us. The other team scored and since many people around us got up and cheered, Monkey did too. When I told him that the other team scored he seemed unphased - he was so into the game he didn't caare who was scoring. We should all live as innocently and as well.

There were lots of Sparticat sightings, one even so close that Monkey could almost reach over to give him a high 5!

The end of the first period brought hunger. Since we hadn't had snack we thought that it was time for a hot dog. We got the kids combo which came with the hot dog that Monkey had been desperately seeking. Monkey thoroughly enjoyed it. So much so that not only did he heat the entire thing in decent time, but Daddy thinks that we should go to a baseball game or something this summer where we could enjoy one again.

At the end of the 2nd period the score was still 1-0 for the visitors and Monkey was starting to notice that a lot of the other kids had flags to wave. I told myself that we were still 'under budget' for the day and that I thought it would be really special for him to have something to take home from his first game. We checked it out and they were even on sale. He waved it proudly from the time that he picked the one that he wanted from all the racks to the time that we went back to our seats. He was so cute that a photographer from the Citizen asked for his picture, so please keep an eye on the sports section!

Thankfully the Sens scored 2 goals in the 3rd period - much to the delighted flag waving of Monkey! They added an empty net goal to seal the deal and Monkey was really happy that his first game out was a win. He was a little sad though to see it all come to an end . We cajoled with the other Sens fans on the way home and Monkey even waved his flag at the gas station where we stopped to meet up with mommy.

At the end of the day Monkey was totally drained. He's probably fast asleep dreaming of hockey, hockey, hockey.