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Men - they can steal your heart sometimes...but you can't count on them for anything...

Tuesday afternoon, Jason called me mid-day, asking if we had plans for the evening. He mentioned that his bosses had offered him their two tickets to the home opener for Purdue Men's basketball. Being that it was just an exhibition game, Jason asked if I thought Colton would enjoy it. How sweet right? Jason called to set up his first father/son night out, and it just completely melted my heart.

I could picture them, sitting there in a not overly crowded Mackey Arena, clapping along to the fight song and pointing out Purdue Pete, and watching the Cheerleaders fly....amongst the real entertainment of JJ dunking and E'Twan and his sly moves, and the Paint Crew, and...you get the picture...I HEART PURDUE MEN'S BASKETBALL. So, I told Jason I thought Colton would love it, but that he had to make me one simple promise. Document the evening in photos, because I'm going to want to blog about it. Fair enough --he agreed to text me a few pictures through out the night (after shooting down the idea of a camera before the idea was even out of my mouth!!!).

Decked out in his new Purdue t-shirt and hat, the boys loaded up and were off. It was a 7pm tip-off, and I'd suggested they stop for sandwiches on the way down. Make it a truely fun night out. At 7:05, I texted Jason...
"Don't leave me hanging...what's he think?"..................................no response.
7:40pm -- "Come on, send me a picture, is he loving it?"
8:00pm -- "If you arent' texting me back, because you left your phone in the truck, I'm probably going to be pretty honked off....just FYI"
8:15pm - "You totally left your phone in the truck, didn't you?"

8:30pm -- my house phone rings -- "Well, I've got good news and bad news -- the good news is, he was a great kid and really enjoyed it.....but, um...the bad news is....well, yeah...I got your texts. Just now. My phone was in the truck"

I swear, you can't count on a man for anything. You better believe that when I take Colton BACK to Mackey sometime this season, that I'll have my camera and there will be a post FULL of pictures...because that's how Mom's do it.

PS. For the last three days, all I've heard out of Colton is that JJ dunked it, and he wants to be Purdue Pete for Halloween! :) Time to start molding a super huge head for next Halloween...

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  1. Erin PNovember 7, 2010 at 6:11 PM

    hahaha...that is definitely the way of a man! Glad Colton enjoyed it, even if we don't get to see picture proof! ;)

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  2. Lacy ParkNovember 7, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    That's a man for ya!

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