U! N! C! W! Go Hawks Go!!

That's what we've been hearing around our house lately.  Some very generous friends gifted us with tickets to a couple of basketball games, and boy, were the children ready!

JayBird cheered.

And snacked.

And snacked.

And snacked...

.....so he would have plenty of energy to cheer some more...

...and explore.  If you've ever wanted to explore every inch of anywhere, go with a one-year old.

Meanwhile, The Girl was prepared for cheering the team to victory.

Clearly, she's very focused on the game.

Her acrobatics impressed neither her father nor the fans sitting around us.  She looked pretty safe to me.  And anyway, did you see what those other cheerleaders were doing?  Infinitely more dangerous stunts.

On one of our explorations, JayBird and I ran into the Seahawk.  He was a big hit.  JayBird didn't really want to go near him, but he did want to be sure the Seahawk knew there was a picture of him in the lobby.  He spent a lot of time on that.

"Hawk.  Hawk"  (head nodding)

When the cheerleaders went onto the court for the first time, The Girl said, "Mama, I need to go dance with them!" as she headed to the court.  I promised her we would try to catch them after the game, and you would think they were long lost friends when she finally got there.

They were so sweet to her!

Those were fun times.  Fun, exhausting times!