GT vs Notre Dame

Labor Day weekend was fun - David & I got tickets to the GT game at Notre Dame at almost the last minute so we went to South Bend Saturday. We didn't have any GT gear that would fit Matthew so after posting to some online communities we are part of, someone from Atlanta that was coming up to the game offered to go shopping for us. I thought it was very nice of a complete stranger to make that sort of offer. So we got the kiddos up early Saturday morning and headed out. Met up with some friends of David's to tailgate and then David went to pick up Matthew's t-shirt bought by the kind man from Atlanta. We hung out in the parking lot for a while - it was quite fun as there were more Tech fans around than I expected. Even the ND fans were nice.

We ate lunch and then caught a bus from the parking lot to the stadium. After making our way to our seats, Scarlett decided it was time to eat. She refused the bottle we tried to give her so I kept putting her off until after kickoff. I watched the first ND series (they turned the ball over) and the first Tech one since we had such good field position - we scored a field goal and I left the stands to go feed Scarlett.

I think David & I both had fun at the game, although we had to leave the stands to take care of the children more often than we are used to leaving the stands. We are also both the "stand up and cheer" sort of fans, but that is harder when you have a toddler and an infant, so we didn't do quite our normal yelling. A positive about that is that we both had voices the next day.

When we were walking back to the car after the game, we ran into Buzz and the Tech cheerleaders. We had a family picture taken with Buzz and then took some with one of the cheerleaders too. Matthew was fascinated by Buzz - he kept pointing to Scarlett's onesie (she had a buzz on the front) and then at the real Buzz, saying "Buzz" - it was so cute. Buzz came over and spent some time "playing" with Matthew. It was easily the highlight of Matthew's day, and probably ours too, but the good win is a close 2nd!

I would have liked some more time to wander the ND campus but with the children it just wasn't easy. We decided it is a close enough drive that we could go visit on a day when there isn't a football game if we wanted to tour.

Sunday was spent catching up on the rest we missed Saturday, and then today was running errands we would normally do on Saturday or Sunday.