Monster Truck Races!!

Our little man Cade has a slight car/truck/motorcycle obsession:)   It doesn't matter how many he has, he always wants ("needs") more.  Oh, and they MUST be lined up!

He got a monster truck (we can them "stomper" trucks b/c we don't say the "m" word) for Christmas and has been hooked ever since. We TiVo'd a few monster truck events and he watches them over and over again.

 

So..... when we saw that the trucks were coming to the Anaheim stadium, we knew what we had to do - buy tickets ASAP.  We asked my mom to come spend the night and stay home with Berkley. 

 

It was so much fun doting on Cade.  It was really neat to be able to focus on him and him alone.  (We will need to do something special with just Berkie too.)

This was right before we left.  Oh!  It was in the 30s!!  We bundled up and brought a blanket so it wasn't too bad.

 

 

After loading Cade in the car.  He is saying, "Stomper trucks are #1!"

Poor guy fell asleep on the way there - it didn't start until 7pm.  He is trying to wake up and rally :)

 

L.O.V.E. this picture!!!!!!! 

We sat in the nosebleed section so that the noise wouldn't be quite so bad, however, we couldn't wait to show Cade the action, so we stopped on the bottom level for a bit to show him the trucks.  He LOVED it!

These next 2 pictures were taken back in the parking garage, I couldn't get it to go back in the correct order - whoops!

 

 

 

We made it to our seats! 

They had some motorcycles too which made Cade happy :) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every event needs a touch of drama, right!?  Well, we get back to the car and Cade asks for his "night night" (his blanket that he is attached to).  As far as Brad and I knew we never took it out of the backpack during the races.  (We usually don't let it out of the car - it stays at home or in the car - but we put it in the backpack in case he got super sleepy during the races since he was up so late.)

 

So he asks for it and I reach in the backpack to get it.  Well.... it is not there!  Gasp!  Insert my heart racing as I go into panic mode. 

 

Brad: "Oh well.  He needs to get over it at some point anyway.  I guess now is the time."

Me:  "Are you kidding me!?  That blanket is his sense of security!  We HAVE to trace our steps and find it!"

 

So I begged the parking attendant to let me back in.

Then I begged the stadium to let me back in.

I sprinted back to our seats. - no cigar.

I feel like the worst mom ever.

I am scared to death to see Cade's reaction when he learns it's never coming back.

I'm dreading trying to put him to bed that night without his "night night",

I just back in the car and try to drive through the parking lot, guessing our route.  Unfortunately, we zig zagged through it.  We never saw it so we were exiting and I was trying to accept the fact that it's gone... when all of a sudden Brad says, "something is on the ground over there".  I turn and drive as fast as I could and as we get closer it starts to look like it!  It was like slow motion as I could not believe my eyes.  I was screaming and jumping up and down.  I'm sure people thought I was nuts. 

 

I was one happy Mama!!!  And so was our Boy!

He crashed pretty quick once we got home.... with his beloved "night night" in his arms:) 

We had an AWESOME night!  It is so neat to see the kids' interests and then be able to take them to one of those events.  To watch his face light up melted me.  He is such a good, sweet little boy and I am smitten.  Cade, I will take you to these things as much as money allows!  It was worth every last penny and then some!

 

Mom, thanks so much for staying with Berkley so we could do this with Cade!  xoxo