pro football hall of fame

we won (bought) four tickets to the pro football hall of fame at a charity auction. unfortunately, they expire today.  and big pop and grandma won't get here in time to go with us.  we only needed two tickets for our family so we figured we would pick someone at random to get our other two.

we weren't sure how it would be for the kids, but it turned out to be a pretty fun outing.  madelyn and mason both said that it was a lot of fun and wanted to go back some time. madelyn was particularly fond of the rings and trophies.  mason liked all of the touch screens and buttons at the displays. 

madelyn was full of poses today

there was a hologram of the hall of fame ring that you could sort of 'try on' if you could keep up with the rotation.  you can sort of see that it is 3D with matt's finger.

i found all of the exhibits to be very interesting.  i did laugh at faith hill's dress because there was no plaque with explanation - just a black dress and a picture of her face.  and then i liked this sign next to dick butkus' helmet that merely said, "played angry."

the kids spent a lot of time 'listening' to the recordings on the 'phones'.  i am not sure that they really listened to very much but they had a lot of fun.

maddux spent almost the entire time in his stroller chowing on cheerios.  i did let him out for a little while at the end where he tried to 'kiss' all of the exhibits.  (maybe he was just that excited about football history...)

we thought that the board displaying every team's record since 1920 was pretty interesting too.

of course the room for the lombardi trophy was a good photo too. and it was the only picture i was in thanks to all of the mirrors (otherwise i wouldn't have been in any of them).  you have to look in the mirrors to see mason too.  maddux is 'kissing' the trophy case - of course.

and how is this for a pose from madelyn?

and this might be our favorite picture from the day.  i told them to pretend someone was pouring water on them and they did a great job!  i particularly liked mason's expression.

we had a good time and will probably go back again sometime.  it was amazing how busy it was!  and the tickets aren't cheap so it might be a while or when we have company.  love.