Chicago Fire!

Annabel had been dying to see a professional soccer game for ages and when she'd taken a coupon for a Chicago Fire game as a reward for summer reading through our library, we grabbed the opportunity to finally make this happen!! The big night was August 10th, our last weekend before school started (nothing like ending summer with a bang!) and we had some very excited kids!

Annabel loved every minute of the game. We got there early, wandered the stadium a little to show the kids around, and then we found our seats. We had really decent seats, too, and the place was not busy at all, which is nice for us- we had more space and didn't feel crowded this way. Ben got the kids cotton candy, too. Annabel had her eyes glued to the field as the players warmed up and drilled. Her eyes remained glued during the game and you could just see her gears turning, her brain thinking as she watched- it was so cute. We pointed out how organized the players were, how they weren't all clumped together around the ball, they were mostly intercepting and such. The whole soccer professionals thing was just so cool to Annabel.

It was so fun to see the game from her perspective, too. A few cute things she said:
"All this is making ME want to play soccer!" (Her season started just two weeks later- she couldn't wait!)

"They're lucky they get to play at night with the cool breeze!"

And finally, watching half time activities, little leagues playing mostly...
"Watching those kids play is just Pathetic!" LOL! Big difference for sure! She just couldn't wait to get back to watching the real game after that pathetic display.

Chicago Fire won that night, too! That made it all even more fun.
The kids both agreed that they want to get this coupon again next summer!