Future Hokie?

Shhhhhhh....don't tell Matt about that blogpost title.   :-)

Today, Katie got to experience Virginia Tech football for the first time.  We took her to a UVA game last year and she LOVED it.  So I figured she would be just as happy (hopefully more so) in the Burg, rooting on the Hokies.

Matt is so swamped with school work he couldn't come with us.  He has been advised to partition his weekend into 5 buckets (Friday night, Saturday morning, Saturday evening, Sunday morning, Sunday evening).  Of those 5 buckets of time, school advisors recommend giving 2 buckets to family time and the rest for studying.  Sounds crazy right?  Especially after he spends the entire week SUPER busy with school.  But, that will be his life for the next couple years.  He is off to a great start so far - so obviously this schedule is working and we don't want to change it. 





With daddy at home, it was set to be a girls bonding day.  Goodness knows Matt didn't want to hang out with two HOKIES all day.  With the game starting at 1:30, I thought a 11:15 departure from Roanoke would be perfect.  Once in Blacksburg, we parked at Kroger across from Macado's so that Katie could have the experience of riding the bus with the students (and we could leave early if necessary).  By the way - the bus which used to be free when I was a student now costs $5 to ride.  SHOCKING!  And a good thing I was carrying cash today....cause I rarely do!  The bus dropped us off right by the stadium and we headed over to tailgate for a short time with Papa and our family friend Cabell.

Close to kickoff, we packed up the tailgate and got into the stadium just in time for the Jumping Madness of Inner Sandman by Metalica.  No matter how many years I spend away from Blacksburg, no matter how old and grown up I get.....I still LOVE the way our team enters the field of play.  Katie couldn't quite figure out why everyone was jumping around like crazy.  Pretty safe to say she has never seen that many adults behaving like complete idiots before - ha!  But she joined in....laughing and shouting with her mommy.  Finally the Hokies took the field and game began.  I can't say that Katie was extremely interested in the football action.  She did enjoy the kickers, the male cheerleaders carrying the flags, the band playing music, and - OF COURSE - the Hokie Bird.

As halftime approached, the weather got a little ugly with strong winds and some rain.  We said our goodbyes to Papa and headed out of the stadium.  On our way back to the car, we took a few pictures on campus.  I showed Katie where I lived my first year of college and she said "Daddy doesn't like these buildings does he?"  No Katie he doesn't.  He hates all Hokie stone.  :-)


Finally we took the return bus trip back to the car and headed back to the Noke.  On the way home I asked Katie what was her favorite part of the day?  She said "The Hokie Bird" and then asked if she could have one.  Papa - put that on your Christmas Shopping list. 




It was a GREAT first trip.  While I know Katie will probably not remember it, her mommy certainly will.