Boys and Cheerleaders

Last night was the Atlantic Sun Basketball Championship down at the University Center on Mercer's main campus. Mercer had advanced to the finals and so there was a lot of hype around town about the game. I decided that it would be fun to take Caleb to the game. Just me and him. It was his first basketball game ever. I told him earlier in the day that I was going to take him and he seemed to be pretty excited.

Since I'm a Mercer Student, I was able to get into the game free and Caleb was still young enough not to need a ticket. So it worked out great. Once we got there, Caleb saw the popcorn machine and immediately asked if he could have some. We picked some up and found our seats. He was content eating the popcorn and watching the players warm up.

But about three minutes into the game (read "after the popcorn was gone"), he turned to me and said, "Dad, I'm ready to go home." I kind of laughed because I knew he wouldn't last long. I tried to change the subject and ask if he wanted any Sprite, but before he answered me he saw the cheerleaders come out on the floor during a time out. He stopped talking to me and was mesmerized by them. Seriously, he did not break his concentration until they were done with the routine.

I couldn't stop laughing. This boy is almost four and he already thinks the cheerleaders were the best part of the game. HAHA. What is even funnier is that right after the routine was done, he turned to me and said "Dad, where's my Sprite?" HAHAHA!!!

We ended up staying until there were just a few minutes left in the game (pretty much until I was sure we would lose). Caleb kept himself busy by playing on the railing in the aisle - that is until the cheerleaders came back out. All in all, we had a good time at the game together.