Behind those crazy "cheeeeeese" smiles are some hard core Irish fans. Marianne can cheer along to a football game with the best of them, and though I haven't heard an official "Go Irish" from Ruth, I'm sure it won't be long.
Don't worry. We're not really going to be THOSE parents. The ones who spend the children's first 18 years inundating them with school paraphanalia and telling them to get the grades so they can go to a specific school. They'll get to pick for themselves. Heck, once they get old enough to care what they're wearing, we won't even force them to own ND apparel if they'd rather not.
Then there's the added point that they probably won't be able to afford to go to ND anyway. Just take a look at all the dental work in their future with Ruth's tooth grinding smile and Marianne's teeth packed into her mouth like sardines... We haven't started any college savings for them yet, and at this point I'm thinking an orthodontics savings fund is more pressing. They may just get to go to school wherever Daddy happens to be a professor, assuming the school gives a good deal to the children of employees.
But that's all really off the subject. My big point here is to say that it's a perfect football day (at least in CO it's 65 and sunny - I can only hope it's close to this nice on campus), and I'm excited for the game today. Our ND flag is flying and we're decked out in our new t-shirts. The girls will be napping during most of the game if we're lucky, but they'll be cheering in their dreams. I'm a little nervous for the outcome given last weekend's rather weak showing, but I'm keeping faith! Go IRISH!! Beat Penn State! Onward to Victory... and all that jazz.
2 comments:
The ND T-shirts are a nice touch, but the girls who are wearing them are what make me smile. :)
I can't believe how grown-up Ruth is!
I can't find my ND flag. BUMMER! Good game today, except my attitude is so bad I kept thinking "wow, Penn State must be really lousy."
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