Ellie watched Hokie football with me for the first time

Saturday the Hokie's were playing Maryland in the middle of the afternoon. I turn the game on and Ellie was very keen to watch the whole thing with me. I was very surprised at her interest, but I enjoyed it as well. So we watched the whole game together.

Ellie was up on the score every minute. She was even tracking the score on a piece of paper in front of her. Which was quite funny considering it is always written at the bottom of the screen. She got into yelling when the guys in maroon did good and for the guys and white to do that. She even wanted me to explain some of the ways the game works.

It was a very close game. It even went into overtime. By the time we were in overtime, Ellie was actually saying prayers to God for Virginia Tech to win. I tried to explain to her that mommy doesn't usually thinks football games or something that God should be bothered with. She didn't seem to think that was right. She kept the prayers coming.

It turned out that Marilyn won in overtime. It was very depressing. After the game Ellie was upset and thought that the Maryland team had done a bad thing. It was quite funny. I tried to explain to her that they were just the better team today.

I fear that I could have just doubled the college tuition funding we will need for Ellie, As now she thinks the University of Maryland is bad and Virginia Tech of course is good.

This was a photo early Saturday morning. I thought Claire should sport her Hokie colors as we went into the local shopping center.