I told my kids that we were just going to go somewhere new for dinner. They asked where, but I said that I’d just drive around until I found something.

When I got up to Blaine, I found a restaurant near the stadium, and ate there. They had this lawn game there that the kids liked playing, especially Liam. Helena saw an albino squirrel which may have been the highlight of her day up to that point. She tried taking a photo by chasing it around, but that didn’t turn out.

Near the end of the game, we could barely make up the announcing of something at the stadium, but the kids still had no idea where we were or what the noise was. Anyhow, they were a bit surprised and excited to be there, although it wasn’t our first time.

The kids were cheering for the visiting team on accident for a long time which I thought was funny. It probably happened because it was breast cancer awareness night and the home team wasn’t wearing their normal colours, but pink. The girls especially liked the sea monster that rises when we score.

During the second half of the game, we went over to the Dark Cloud supporters section despite them telling me that they didn’t want to. They had a lot more fun due to the noise and general atmosphere over there. And the free nuts that were given to us (that were being passed around). They were a little too spicy for them, but Ada and Helena made a friend because of them, which they liked. The game ended up 1-1, and all three kids were very disappointed in the refereeing.

After the game, we followed another group into the National Sports Center’s Schwann’s Super Rink. I saw a lady that works there go up to the other group and it seemed that she was telling them that it was closed, so I ran with the kids upstairs and we got to explore for awhile, which they absolutely loved. They wanted to see all eight sheets of ice, and they liked all the exercise equipment, too. On our way out, two young guys were surprised to see us since the rinks have been closed, but they didn’t seem to concerned about us and let us out through the now-locked doors.