indoor soccer {wichita wings}

One of my favorite childhood memories was going to the Wings' games with my family. We had season tickets, loved the atmosphere snacks, and knew most all of the players' names. Chico Borja, Erik Rasmussen, and Mickey Thomas were our soccer heroes.

The Wichita Wings have had a comeback in our city after being gone for many years. We decided to take the boys (and Gramps!) to a game tonight, and everyone had a great time...

 waiting for the game to start

 our good buddy, Jared, was there -- he's the marketing director for the arena

 we had great seats!! there was always lots of action!

 Carter was watching for the Wings' mascot -- the Phoenix.
He spotted him from our seats and we went to find him immediately :)

 they were thrilled!

 there were two college-aged guys called the "Wing-Men" who were all painted up and worked their way through the crowd... here's one of them behind Dad

 Carter stood in line not once, but twice, for balloon creations from a clown! Ha!
He was sporting his balloon hat and is holding a big, brown balloon spider in his right hand. Oh, and a Wings fan was passing out balloons during the game, and Carter got one of those, too.
The life of a 3 year old at a soccer game... :)
As opposed to...
Grayson wats intent on watching all the action, was into all the plays, and wanted to stay until the VERY end. So cute!