Jack has his first box lacrosse tournament the first weekend of December in Louisville, KY. The same weekend Jason planned his kite-boarding trip to Costa Rica. So I packed up the boys and hit the road. I was a bit nervous about doing it all by myself, but it ended up being a pretty good weekend.
We drove up Friday since we had an early-ish game on Saturday. We walked into the location and I thought "this will be fun with an arcade in the lobby." And sure enough, this is where Ethan and Wyatt spent most of their time. Wyatt was constantly begging me for money, and Ethan kept getting toys given to him by other kids. At least they were occupied and I could enjoy the games.
At first we sat right in front of the glass to watch the first game.
But then I kept hearing cheering from above and realized that there was an upstairs.
With a better view. So I packed up our stuff and headed up. The other two spent the weekend basically on their own and checking in every now and then. It was refreshing for them to both have so much freedom and to be in a place that was secure enough for me not to worry too much.
Jack's team had a fantastic weekend and went undefeated all day on Saturday.
I love seeing all the boys lined up watching other teams.
That night we all went out with the other players to eat and play at this place that had bowling, an arcade and restaurants. Again, the kids had the freedom to roam about on their own, although I did "lose" Ethan once or twice as the place was so big. The adults had a table right by the entrance so I knew he didn't leave, but it still makes you nervous.
The big kids loved walking through the ropes course above the arcade.
The place was HUGE!
But it was an early night, since we had an early game on Sunday.
We went undefeated into the finals.
We should have won the final game but the reffing was questionable and the team that one owned the location we played in.
If you look at the record of both teams, our team was better. We both had the same win/loss record however we just lost the wrong game. We scored more total goals and had less scored on us in comparison to the winning team but that doesn't make it any easier to loose.
On a personal note, Jack won defensive player of the game in the semi-finals and that is a big deal to us, as we're always encouraging him to be more aggressive on the field.
And I had a fantastic weekend with my boys, and some great bonding time with Jack, so that was a win for me as well.
All in all it was a successful weekend.
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