It is football season in the south and here we are right in the heart of it in Auburn, AL. As graduates of Auburn University, we, most definitely, have raised our girls to speak the language. War Eagle is as important as "yes ma'am" and "no ma'am" and Roll Tide is a VERY bad word! These are the only two football teams Mary Margo has ever know and Friday night proved it!
Friday night we headed out to our first high school game. Mary Margo had the opportunity to cheer with the cheerleaders during pregame. She had a great time cheering a little and starring at the crowd most of the time. I mean, blank stare slowly moving her head from one side of the stands to the other then back again with her mouth wide open. She looked like we had just dropped her on Mars. She had no idea what was going on.
After pregame, I gathered here from the field and we made our way to the stands. Once in our seat, we sent daddy for snacks and she continued to take it all in from this view point.
Then the question "Are we watching Alabama?". I respond with a "what?" and she repeats herself. With that, I realize this child has no idea there is any other team besides Auburn and Alabama. That is all she knows. All she has ever heard.
It made me laugh out loud! Made me realize that if I do nothing else right in my parenting career, I did a great job teaching my Alabama born southern child the two most important teams in football. So well, in fact, she has no idea there are 100's of teams in this state alone.
I explained where we were and what teams were playing. Now she knows about high school football. Someone asked me if I was going to turn the TV on Sunday and introduce her to NFL too. That might be a little too much for one weekend. We will leave that job for uncle Charlie.
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