What a game!! What a long day! Arrived at the train station at 9:30ish ready to go! Bundled ourselves all up, had our blanket and sleeping bags, purse with some snacks and camera and hand warmers! The train is a double decker, but the top was all full so we sat in the bottom section. Nice 8 minutes ride to the stadium. It drops you off just across the road, except our seats were on the other side of the stadium. Got there a little early as the game didn't start until 11am and it was before 10am! The place was pretty empty as expected. It was cold, no one wanted to be out in the wind before necessary. The section we were in went up to row 52 and ours was 51! It did give us a chance to settle in, get our blankets all set and such. The football players were warming up on the field so the kids had something to keep them occupied. Finally we all got hungry so Keith and Kaden went to grab some grub, hoping it stayed warm enough until it got in our tummies! Boys had a hot dog each and I had nachos, always great game foods! 
Game time! Had some exciting plays and some questionable calls, but in the end we came out the winner!!! Hawks 22 to Purdue's 17. GO Hawks!! Kaden enjoyed watching the marching band at the half. Come 4th quarter the boys were really getting in to the game cheering the players on. Before that, they were watching, but not all excited and yelling.
We stayed pretty warm considering how cold it was and that it snowed on and off during the game. The boys snuggled in their sleeping bags and had hand warmers and hats and scarfs and such. We all sat on the blanket I brought. It was supposed to cover me, but it was better used to sit on, as the seats are metal benches, brr!!
After the game we headed back to the train, had to wait about 15 minutes for it to come back. And we even got to sit on the top row! Boys were happy about that. Got back to the car and needed some lunch. It was now after 2:30. We needed our warm car and food! What luck, Sonic was just down the road...away from all the traffic! Oh that's good food!! By the time we got done, the traffic was dwindling. We stopped at the mall to wander and then it was time to go home. Only had to deal with mall traffic then, not too bad.
It was fun to go to a real football game. Keith and I have only been to high school games before and the kids have never been to even that. Keith said he wasn't up for another time, found hockey more exciting. Kaden wants to go when it's warmer and Salem had fun and will go whenever/wherever.
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