- A 290-piece marching band plus 250 band alumni playing Malaguena can give you goose bumps even when sitting outside in the September sunshine.
- Seeing my 2-year-old boy pump his fist and chant "Go Big Red" along with the crowd is pretty damned cute.
- Although I'm grateful the kids and I can go watch the band rehearse in the stadium on game days, I still really, really want the experience of going to a game before we leave Lincoln. Football games in Lincoln are truly special events.
- Upon spotting some stray Western Kentucky fans while driving in downtown Lincoln today......Me: "Western Kentucky fans?? Really?" Laura, apparently directed at said WKU fans, in a scolding tone: "Come on! We're in Nebraska! Cheer for Nebraska!"
- Although last fall pretty much molded me into a bona fide college football fan, I know that when NFL games come on TV on Sunday, I will still recoil at the idea of watching them.
- Seeing the Reds poised for their first post-season play since I was a college student rocks.
- Watching Laura figure out math in her head playing a ten frame game online is really, really cool. I can't wait to see how much stuff this girl knows by the end of kindergarten.
- Nebraska may have some of the most infectious fight songs anywhere. Every time I go to a band event, I end up with "Hail Varsity" or "There's No Place Like Nebraska" stuck in my head all day.
- Laura, after being stripped down to her underwear for a heavy duty finger painting session and while listening to the Husker game on the radio: "Mom, now I'm almost a twirler." Me: "What?" Her: "My underwear is almost like a twirler outfit."
- It has dawned on me how much manners are sinking in with Nathan. Just today, I heard a "May I be excused?" from him after dinner, and upon asking for help with something while I was still eating dessert he said, "Oh, Mom, you can finish your ice cream first." Love him!!!
- Allergies suck!! I have lived with them my whole life, but they can still kick my a$%, especially when I try to go out and enjoy the beautiful fall weather.
- My kids are pretty damned cool people to spend a Saturday with!
Gina
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Cute kids Gina. Kids are great, then again they do become teenagers. We love our grandkids cus we can spoil them and send them home. We could do the same with your kids and hope to one day.
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