Tailgating and Hockey Games

For the first time ever in my whole life, I went tailgating this weekend.

It was...fun. I guess. I don't know. I'm just not an eat-food-outside kind of girl. I'm more of a tuxedoed-waiters-and expensive-cuisine kind of girl on a tailgating budget.

But we went tailgated with my husband's squadron before the Mudbugs game and it was a good time. We are not hard core tailgaters though. Instead of my husband's pick-up, we brought my new Mazda CX-9. We set the DVD player up and let the kids watch Air Buddies. If I was a Girl Scout, I wouldn't' have earned my Tailgating Badge.

We are hockey people though. My husband and I grew up playing hockey. I even remember going ice skating in P.E. class in elementary school. One of the things we hope our new town will have when we move is a very good youth hockey program.

Recently my son has really gotten into hockey. He wants to watch games on television every night. And of course we have DirecTV Center Ice so we get every NHL game televised. We even TiVo every Bruins game. So the kids were very excited about going to the game.

Despite having to go to the bathroom three times, my son loved the game, especially since the Bugs won 3-0. And my daughter loved the game to. "Except for all the fighting!" she exclaimed. She just can't understand why the players need to beat each other up.

The only answer I have for her is, 'Testosterone." She'll understand some day.

When it comes right down to it, I think the thing the kids love most about going to the Mudbugs game is the food. Somehow...I don't know how...but somehow this is the first hockey game that my son has puked after.

I guess I'm not the only spoiled one in this family.