On Saturday, October 11th, we helped Elizabeth's friend, Matteo celebrate his 4th birthday at Bank of America Stadium. It was a lot of fun. We started out with a tour of the facilities for the adults. It was hard to keep all of those kids interested as we got all of the nitty gritty details about the stadium and the Panthers. It was actually pretty interesting.
We got to sit in seats down along the field as various things were pointed out to us. They have put in new HD big screens since Dennis and I had been there for a game. Then we crammed (we were packed in there like sardines) a lot of people into a elevator. We got to go into an executive suite the same size as the Panther's owners. Very nice with a great view of the field. Then we got to see where all of the TV broadcast are set up at and where all of the writers hang out. We swung by a nice lounge area before heading down to wait for Sir Purr's (the mascot) arrival.
The kids had a blast waiting for him. They finally got to run around like crazy kids. When he arrived the kids were thrilled. Katherine was in love at first sight. She could hardly wait her turn to get her picture taken. I'm certain she was the 2nd kid (after the birthday boy) to get her picture taken with him. We had a hard time keeping her out of everyone else's pictures. Elizabeth was very patient and waited her turn.
The kids were thrilled to get to play a little catch with Sir Purr. Elizabeth kept lining up on the line like she was playing football. That's my girl! Do you think she watches too much football? She kept asking when we were going to get to go and watch the game. Elizabeth got a Panther paw print temporary tattoo air brushed on her arm. She was so proud of it. It was cute to watch the kids get them because the air brush tickled. She was very sad when it finally washed off.
While we were eating pizza we learned that players were arriving to take the buses to the airport for their game the next day. The buses were parked just below the area where the party was located. All of the Dad's and a few Mom's camped out watching hoping to catch glimpse of any of the players. We did get to see one player arrive. I'd tell you who it was if I was a Panther fan, but I'm not at all.
It was a very cool birthday party! I think that both of the girls were sound asleep before we pulled out of the parking lot. There are additional pictures in our Fall Pictures.
