Saturday, May 10, 2008

A Lambeau Party Without the Packers

Lambeau Field, the home to the Green Bay Packers, threw a nice little party today for the hometown kids. It really had nothing to do with football at all, it was just a nice little party in the Atrium of Lambeau Field with lots of activities for children.

Our kids (less the teenager who stayed home, of course) did all kinds of silly things like decorating cookies...



Although the cookies didn't last very long!

Kekoa learned how to pot a plant...



And there was this crazy man who asked folks in the audience to tie him in a straight jacket and chains...



He was really a juggler, but the kids liked it best when he was completely tied up...



Perhaps our children would let us to do the same thing to them some time. Hmmm.

They were even animals at Lambeau Field today and they were much nicer to pet than Bears or Lions...



Nalani and Malia really loved making paper butterflies...




But the best part of the day for Kekoa and Bretty was the pie eating contest.

Kekoa took on a small cherry pie and went nuts...



But in a pie eating contest, you just knew that there was only one person who was going to win this thing...



Bretty was eating so fast he darn near ate the plate too.

Here's a triumphant young man...



Of course the best thing about today was that everything was absolutely free!

Well, it was "free" if you don't count the $300 million in debt those of us in Brown County are required to pay off for the Packers so that the stadium could be renovated to make more money for the team and the NFL.


If you figure that Green Bay is the smallest city in the country with a major professional sports team, $300 million equals roughly $1,200 in debt that each man, woman and child in Brown County agreed to pay off for the Packers.

Come to think of it, we're a family of 8 people so today's cherry pies cost us nearly $10,000.


They could have at least offered us seconds.