Alternate Plans and Final Women’s Hockey Game

Due to our incredibly busy schedules, A could not attend a birthday party for her buddies, ES. It was a sleepover and fell on the night before her big championship game, so there was no way she could sleepover. We felt bad so tried to think of an alternate plan, and this is what we came up with: instead of a sleepover, on the night before, we would take her out to dinner and then a Dartmouth basketball game, since she’s a basketball player.

Personally, I would have opted for a woman’s hockey game, which was going on at the same time, mainly because I like hockey, as you may have guessed, and I am not a big basketball fan. Basketball, however, had a few things going for it. First, as I mentioned, ES is a basketball player, so she would be interested. Second, the kids have been to plenty of hockey games, but we’ve never been to a basketball game. Third, it was ES’ birthday, so we had to let her decide, and she chose accordingly.

Her family was going to a soiree that evening, but after thinking it over, they concluded that she would have more fun at a game, so we picked her up at school and headed over to the big city. It was fun, we had pizza and then headed over to the game. Hanover was packed, it was not easy finding parking, so we had to walk a little. The game was enjoyable, I’m still not a huge fan, but the kids liked it. Afterward, we headed home and dropped her off at the soiree. They invited us in, but it was late, and we had places to be.

I’m glad we got to celebrate with ES, she’s always thinking of A, and she’s a good kid.

Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to matt.hintsa for the pic.