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This girl takes her Texas football seriously!


Lots of people have asked us if we take Grace to the football games. And the answer is OF COURSE! Usually when the question comes up they kind of marvel at the thought keeping such a young toddler's attention for an entire football game. We are usually in our seats when the band marches on the field and it takes an act of God to get us out of the stadium before the "Eyes of Texas" at the end (we did leave at halftime of last year's KSU game because it was POURING rain). Here are a few pictures from the Rice game last weekend.


She loves to look for Hook'em, and she loves the band. She doesn't even get scared when Smoky (the cannon) fires after Texas scores. At the FAU game to start the season she did fall asleep for about 20 minutes on Mommy, but at the Rice game, she was content to curl up next to Daddy, but there would be no closing of the eyes (that how you miss stuff!).


In the last pic, this is her version of getting her "horns up". She can't quite get the hang of extending the pointer and pinky at the same time, but I am sure she will have it down in no time.

Thanks to her Aunt Becky, she reads "Hello Hook'em" every night at bedtime. She has learned to spell out "Hook'em" and "TEXAS", and she knows that we all sing "Texas Fight". She is a lot of fun to take to the games, well worth the shoulder ride to and from the stadium. Although next season, we may have to opt for hiring our buddy who works as a pedi-cab downtown on game days!

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Anonymous said…
Even in Day Care we work on getting those horns up. She is definitely a UT fan!
September 30, 2008 at 8:13 PM
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