Go Tarheels, Go!!

Last week, four UNC basketball tickets fell into my hands. I had been trying to get tickets all season and there either weren't any or not enough together, so I was very excited. There was only one catch - I had to take 3 children with me to Chapel Hill.
I was able to take Zander to a tournament game last year at our coliseum, but I wanted him to experience the Dean Dome. He was so excited. We packed our things the night before and picked up cousins Matt and Josh around 3 in the afternoon. We all changed into our Carolina attire and placed a tarheel foot on our faces and then we were off. We went to the park and ride location to catch the bus. While we were waiting, Zander started talking to a police officer. He was very nice to him and let him get into his car and turn on the lights and look at all of his stuff! He loved it.
Then we got on the Tarheel shuttle bus and went to the Dean Dome. We walked around and looked at all of the Carolina gear and ate supper. We were there early enough to watch the team warm up. It was really exciting and it never gets old to me. I didn't think that this was going to be a good game but it turned out to be very interesting. The other team had a guy that was 7'7" tall. He wore a size 28 shoe. Zander looked up at me and said, " Mom, he is taller than Uncle Michael!" That is what we measure everything by. Our tallest player, came up to the bottom of his shoulder blades. He could dunk the ball standing flat footed under the basket. I couldn't help but think about the scene in King Kong where Kong is on top of the building swinging his arms and knocking the planes out of the air. That is what it looked like. He just stood there and batted everything that they threw up away. I don't know how they scored any points. At one point, our favorite player, Tyler Hanbrough got frustrated and somehow took it in and dunked it right in his face. I thought the building was going to come down with all of the noise. It was all very exciting and I hope that he remembers it fondly. I am glad that we could share it together. Here is a link to the video and other pictures from the game. You can clearly see from the video how excited he was. I hope that we get to go to many other games together.

Tarheels game

March Madness

For those of you that know me, you know that UNC basketball is very important to me. As I woke up yesterday morning, just knowing that they were in town only 2 minutes from where I work made it very hard to concentrate. On my way to work, I heard them say that the practice schedules had been announced. Well, that was it. I could focus on nothing else. When would it be their turn? Was it free? Could I work it out to take Zander. So, I am quickly off to the web to find out the answers to those questions. Yes, it was free and open to the public! It also started at 5:00 so I would only have to miss about 30 minutes. Now on any other day, Zander would have either had on his Go Tarheels hat or it would have been in the car, but not today! I had taken it in the night before to wash it. He loves that hat and usually wears it all day at school. I could not take him to see his beloved Tarheels without being dressed appropriately, so at lunch it was off to Target. Of course they had some really cute items for babies and boys, but nothing for his size. I had to settle on the UNC shirt in a size small. IT was huge on him, but he loved it. When I arrived at school to pick him up, I told him that we were going to watch the Tarheels play basketball. He was so excited. He told his teachers that he had to go, "We are going to Roy Williams house". OK he didn't quite understand. He had the best time. We cheered and Roy really let them put on a show. At least 15 minutes of their practice time was show off dunking time. The kids loved it. Roy was smiling and even playing a little defense during the drills. Zander didn't get to see Rameses or the cheerleaders and there wasn't any music, but the crowd constantly did chants during the practice. He had a ball. When the Tarheels went in the locker room and it was time to go, he cried all the way to the car because it was over. I think he will be my little side kick for games next year. We took some great pictures on my cell phone. I will upload them, if I can figure out how to get them on here!