It's Football Time...Again!

Daddy: "Gracie, its time for football!"
Gracie: "Okay daddy, I get popcorn!"

I can't count how many times this conversation took place this weekend (and will likely again tomorrow night).

Garren is the true blue football fan; the kind that actually watches for the love of the game. So, it isn't hard to understand that Gracie would adopt her father's passion--especially when popcorn is involved.

On Friday night there was some sort of game on one of those sports channels, and there was a hot bowl of popcorn on my bed along with two of the most adorable fans you could ever meet. One yelling at the players from the bed, the other stuffing her face with the buttery snack and pointing out each time one of the players dropped the ball "Uh, oh daddy, he dropped the ball!"

Saturday I lost count of how many games we actually watched, but the main event was the 8pm Tennessee/Florida game. Gracie got to stay up late for this once a year tradition, and she was truly in Volunteer spirit dressed in her UT t-shirt. Now, I have been in Neyland Stadium and I have watched many of these games from the bleachers--but, I never had as much fun then as I did watching my little girl cheer on the players.

This would be the night that Gracie learned to chant "de-fense, de-fense." The more I smiled, the louder she would clap and cheer at the players, what a little cheerleader she will make some day! Gracie learned several other simple cheers which she had a wonderful time performing, and we did several renditions of "Rocky Top," much to her amusement. By 9:00 the first quarter was over and the popcorn was gone-- so our tired "Little Vol" was put to bed.

Sunday was no exception from the football-themed weekend. But, luckily (eye rolling here) for me this is one of the weekends where sports over lap. We had the race in the afternoon, and the Redskins/Cowboys in the evening. So thus another bowl of popcorn and more bedside cheering ended our day. Gracie understandably proud of her new cheers, was back in the game again. In between claps of "de-fense" came the one line she could remember from Rocky Top which sounded like "dood old rocky pop!"

I sum up to say that my two football fans had a wonderful weekend filled with some amazing father-daughter bonding time. It seemed like such a simple pleasure for Garren to pile on the bed and watch the game and share a bowl of popcorn--but I could tell it was much more than that.

Need to be cheered on? Check out Gracie's chant for defense!

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