Daddy Daughter Time

Brooklyn and I continued our Valentine's tradition of attending the daddy daughter dance. We went out to eat beforehand with one of her friends and her father and then headed to the rec center to dance the night away. This is the fourth year in a row that we have been and it is a great way to spend some time together. Although the older they get the less time they want to spend with dad. The first couple of dances I got lots of floor time but the last couple have been a whole different story. The girls spend most of the time dancing with each other while the dads are left to talk with each other. I will take whatever I can get. We then headed out for some ice cream at our local spot afterwards as a night cap to finish things off.


Here are all the girls (Kenzie, Brynnley, Addysen, Brooklyn and Kirsten).


The whole gang, fathers included.


Brooklyn and her good friend Kirsten doing the tango.

Then a couple nights later I took Brooklyn to watch the CAV's play the heat and boo Lebron James. Despite the game not going our way we had a good time just hanging out the two of us.


Brooklyn with her favorite player "The Wild Thing." He was out with a Brooklyn wrist but that didn't stop Brooklyn from rocking his jersey.


Brooklyn was selected to be a ballgirl at the beginning of the game and got to go out to center court at the beginning of the game and receive a ball from one of the CAV's starters. The prior two times she has been selected to do this she received the ball from her favorite player. This time she got a ball from Alonzo Gee. Look at those skinny legs.


Here she is up by our seats for the game. We actually got decent seats considering that is a hard ticket to get and the good seats are usually pretty expensive.

Then last week I took the three older kids to watch the CAV's play the New Orleans Hornets. I figured it would be a good game to take the 3 of them to and get good seats for a good deal. We ended up sitting two rows behind the Hornets bench for the game. While I loved the seats I wouldn't recommend them for kids. With the players standing up all the time I think they missed a good portion of the game not being able to see over them.


We did get lucky as all three kids were selected to be ball kids. I have mastered the art of getting the kids selected and probably have 10 or 12 different balls from different CAV's players over the last 3 years. A few of them are signed with the hopes of eventually getting them all signed. Nolan got a ball from Antwan Jamison, Brooklyn from Ryan Hollins and Maddux from Alonzo Gee. The kids love participating in these activities and it lets me sit courtside during warm-ups.


Here are the three of them waiting at halfcourt for the players to come out.


Antwan Jamison giving Nolan his ball. This was the first time that Nolan has got to be a ballboy.


The kids afterwards with their balls and shirts.


You can't attend a CAV's game without getting your hair spray-painted and getting some facepaint and tattoos on your face. This is probably what the kids enjoy most while at the game; well maybe outside of the cotton candy.

If anyone wants tips on how to get hooked up at a CAV's game just let me know. My methods work every time.