Go Tenn-ssee!

This weekend was the annual Orange & White game. We had been looking forward to this weekend for a long time and were very excited to take E back to Neyland Stadium for his second spring game. He loves football, and Mommy's love for UT has recently really started rubbing off on him! Just last week we were having an indoor picnic in the sunroom. I had spread a UT blanket out on the floor for us to sit on. In the middle of our meal, E stood up, walked over to the "Power T", and announced, "I sit on the Tenn-ssee!" Then he sat down right on top of the T.

We went down to campus on Friday to purchase tickets for the game. We didn't purchase our tickets ahead of time last year, and we waited in line for a very long time! I took E with me of course, and he was very disappointed when we realized the game wasn't right away. He actually cried when we got back in the car and headed home. I tried to explain to him that the game would be the next day. He talked about the game the rest of the day.

Game day rolled around, and his excitement continued. We got dressed in our Orange and headed to the stadium. He was so ready to cheer for "Tenn-see" and "The Big O-wange."

He wore an adorable hand painted shirt that I found at consignment for $2! And of course he wore his Tennessee hat that we bought for him last year at his first Orange and White game.

It was nice to see football action again, even if it was only a scrimmage. Oh how we have missed it!

Several minutes into the game, he discovered the jumbotron. He was quite enthralled and kept calling it the big TV. It's definitely big!

Papa S got some popcorn for him. I think he probably ate a whole box by himself.

He figured out that he could lay his head on Papa S's arm and shovel the kernels right in.

And he also discovered that he could use one hand to eat and the other hand to make sure the popcorn holder didn't go anywhere.

There were countless smiles.

And laughs.

And lots of cheering! Daddy bought him a new shaker. He had so much fun with it.

It was a really cold day, so we ended up leaving early. But we certainly had lots of fun while it lasted. I think E will definitely be looking forward to next year!