First Tailgate and Football Game

So its been quite awhile since I've been back to U of I for a football game. When many of my college friends were organizing a trip to see a game, I thought how fun it would be to go and take the boys. In order to give the boys the full tailgate experience, we wanted to arrive at 10:30 for a 7pm game. To say this made for a long day is an understatement. And although the boys didn't make it past the second quarter, they really were troopers considering how off their schedule they were. Some noteworthy items:

1) Instead of a morning nap we loaded them into the car right after breakfast.
2) Afternoon naptime involved setting up two Pack 'n' Plays in the back of our minivan. In the middle of a Big 10 tailgate. I don't think it was a coincidence that this was the day Matt learned to pull himself up to his feet while holding onto something. Between the hundreds of people playing catch, grilling, and milling around the boys somehow managed to eventually fall asleep.
3) The boys go to bed at 7:30 Eastern time. The game started at 8:00 Eastern time.
4) We learned an important lesson for events like this: ALWAYS bring Grandma and Grandpa along.

Here are some pictures. It got cold and we didn't have stocking hats for the boys, so we went to the University Bookstore to buy some. While we were there I had them try on baseball hats. Ben apparently has completely skipped the "Toddler" sizes and gone straight from "Infant" to "Youth"