Finally! The first of (only) five home Navy games was this past weekend. Jason was on a golf trip with his friend Ted so the kids and I tailgated with our friends the Clearys and several other families with Naval Academy ties (of course, we don't have any Naval Academy ties- we just like a good tailgate!) The kids had a blast again. We have "standing room only" seats on the hill at the endzone so the kids just stay at the rail. There is a tradition that whenever Navy scores any points the plebes have to come down to the endzone and do as many pushups as the Navy score. The kids love to get high-fives from the mids when they do this and also usually end up with a lot of Navy swag handed to them by the students (from this game alone the kids got blue/gold and yellow blow-up banners, a T-shirt, and a small gold football!)
Ksenya loves to hold the newest Cleary (Bridget) whenever she can.
Jack at our tailgate spot.
Cleary and Dittrich kids at the end zone.
Pushups!
Ksenya (in pink shirt) getting high-fives.
Jack and Julia with swag.
More swag.
Go Navy!
Ksenya with Bridget again.
Julia at the game.
Matthew getting high-fives.
Balloon fighting during the game.
More high-fives.
Great game!