Our February date was called "A Date that Scores". We did it on Saturday night and it was ton of fun (minus the sick little baby that didn't want to go to sleep). This was a basketball themed date. I found the idea from The Dating Divas here. And since I always tell people that I am not creative, but can replicate really well, that is exactly what I did. :)
Here was the set-up for our date:
A basketball hoop borrowed from a friend and masking tape court for our shooting contests:
Here was the set-up for our date:
A basketball hoop borrowed from a friend and masking tape court for our shooting contests:
The Concession stand:
And we had Adam's laptop hooked up to the TV so we could watch the game. It was BYU@Portland. Not a huge game, but it was on the night we were available for our date. It didn't start until 9 pm, so it was late enough that all the kids were (supposed to be) in bed. Hannah didn't quite cooperate, but it worked out okay.
To start off, I had some papers for us to guess some of the stats of the game. Some of the things to guess were: the final score, half-time score, which team got the tip-off, number of turnovers for BYU, field goal and 3-point percentage, etc. Adam and I ended up being pretty close to each other on some of our guesses. (Here's a tip: if you want to do this, but don't follow the team at all, check out the team's website for stats so you can at least guess in the right ballpark. That's what I did. Some may call it cheating. I think it's just evening the playing field. :)) As we watched the game we awarded points for whoever was the closest on each item. Some had to wait until the end of the game, while others we knew earlier on who got the point. In the end, it was me who guessed closer on more items! I think I should have got an extra point because my points from field goals, 3-pointers, and free throws actually added up to the final score I guessed, and Adam's was way off.
So we had the guessing game going throughout the game. Also, anytime BYU scored a 3-pointer we kissed. I think there were only 3 the entire game and they all happened when I was holding Hannah.
By half-time Hannah was finally asleep. During half-time, we had some shooting contests. We first tried to shoot as many 3-point baskets as we could in 30 seconds. I think in the end we tied at 11. Then we were going for the most 3-pointers out of 10 shots. Adam got 9; I made all 10!
To start off, I had some papers for us to guess some of the stats of the game. Some of the things to guess were: the final score, half-time score, which team got the tip-off, number of turnovers for BYU, field goal and 3-point percentage, etc. Adam and I ended up being pretty close to each other on some of our guesses. (Here's a tip: if you want to do this, but don't follow the team at all, check out the team's website for stats so you can at least guess in the right ballpark. That's what I did. Some may call it cheating. I think it's just evening the playing field. :)) As we watched the game we awarded points for whoever was the closest on each item. Some had to wait until the end of the game, while others we knew earlier on who got the point. In the end, it was me who guessed closer on more items! I think I should have got an extra point because my points from field goals, 3-pointers, and free throws actually added up to the final score I guessed, and Adam's was way off.
So we had the guessing game going throughout the game. Also, anytime BYU scored a 3-pointer we kissed. I think there were only 3 the entire game and they all happened when I was holding Hannah.
By half-time Hannah was finally asleep. During half-time, we had some shooting contests. We first tried to shoot as many 3-point baskets as we could in 30 seconds. I think in the end we tied at 11. Then we were going for the most 3-pointers out of 10 shots. Adam got 9; I made all 10!
And then we had a "dunking" contest. Okay, really we just ate mint Oreos dunked in milk.
Throughout the game we ate our concessions: kettle corn, A&W rootbeer, and a variety of candies.
And of course on commercials we pulled out the "kissing cam". As hard as it is to take pictures of yourself, it's even harder when you're trying to kiss at the same time!
And of course on commercials we pulled out the "kissing cam". As hard as it is to take pictures of yourself, it's even harder when you're trying to kiss at the same time!
All in all, we had an awesome date! It was fun to hang out and watch the game that Adam likely would have watched anyway, with a bit of a twist. And BYU won!
Cute idea.
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