NHL

First NHL game and it was awesome. We went with Hal and Noah and of course Noah and Charles were very excited about the whole event, probably more for just being together than the game but of course the game as well.

It started at 7:30pm which is pretty much Charlie's bed time normally so when I saw it was 9 o'clock during the game when I looked over at Charlie he was dead tired.

We had great tickets right in the middle of the row at row 1 on the 2nd level. It was perfect for the boys since they could stand up and there was no one to worry about in front of them as they were right against the wall and glass was the perfect height.

The beginning of the game was amazing and charlie sat there in complete awe. You can tell he was on sensory overload and was just absorbing it all. I didn't need to say anything nor point anything out to him as it was just SO MUCH for him to absorb all at once.

Of course, he really got into the crowd and join in on all the claps and excitement. The national anthem erupted of course and it makes anyone hair stand on end, and the team when they first cam out was way cool tool since there were lazers and upbeat tunes blaring.

He was very excited. Noah and him sat together and Hal and I bookmarked them on each end, but they were really golden.

He knew Patrick Kane since that was the shirt he had on, so kept asking and looking for him. 88 was the identifier, and he had lots of questions about all the other players who really just turned out to be known as Patrick Kane's friends.

The game was against the St Louis Blues but that didn't really register since it wasn't the Sentors nor Montreal or Toronto, the only teams he typically hears about, so really he wasn't interested in them much at all.

During the first period and 2nd period Noah and Charlie ran around but man, it was so packed we had a hard time keeping up with them. The folks of course where great and enjoyed seeing them running around.

The only drink Charlie wanted was beer. Not sure what possessed him but the whole game he wasn't interested in his bottled water but instead kept dipping his finger in my beer and liking it. Oh boy. It was strange that he liked it though. He typically doesn't.

Chicago ended up getting the first goal and the place just went crazy. This startled both boys and they put their hands over their ears because the whistles were so loud.

Shortly after the 2nd goal as well was the same thing.

One of the coolest thing Charlie liked (well, Dad too) was the girls that came out during commercials to clear the ice with shovels. This of course, is Charlies favorite pass time so when he saw that he was very intrigued.

The zamboni was really a non-event for Charlie, he had just seen too many I guess
What he like seeing was the times when fans would hit the glass on the ice, or when someone body checked another player real hard or even at one point were a player went over the St Louis bench head first after a check. Also, one of the piece of glasses was coming off so he was trying to figure out what the 4 men where doing to the glass and checking it all out.

Charlie noticed in the 1st periord that half the flags where for basketball and half were for hockey. He loved that but was equally jazzed by the bulls balloon that was hanging out in the rafters. He really liked looking around at this huge arena and absorbing it all in.

By the end of the 2nd period Charlie was just physically pooped and at one point even asked for the zune, a sure sign he was exhausted, but at this point he still didn't want to go home.

We let them run around the couches in the hall for 20 minutes while the Dad's chatted and got caught up on the latest since we really didn't a chance to chat at all.

No doubt the boys had a great time, equally playing with each other as the game.

It was a blast.