My Philly Phanatic(s)

Last week Mr. ESPN told me he got four tickets to the Phillies vs. Diamondbacks baseball game.  I said, "Great who's going with you and Chatty?"  He told me if I wanted to go I could come along with Bia.  Nice offer huh - a baseball game with a three year who doesn't have any desire to sit and watch a game and Mr. ESPN wanted to stay for fireworks after the game - no thank you!  I opted out and told him to take his buddy across the street and his son.  Of course Chatty was ecstatic about going with JR and his dad (I think Mr. ESPN was just as excited to go with JR's dad too!).  Mr. ESPN is from the Philly area and is a huge Phillies fan and so is Chatty - so they decked out in all their Philly gear ... they had a great time even though the Phillies lost!

Before the game with JR

I am not sure what they are doing here ....

probably annoying the men in front of them

Doesn't every dad want to bond with their daughter at a sporting event?

You can tell I wasn't there -

I would have fixed her hair before this pic was taken

Say My Name, Say My Name, Say My Name

Ok now I will have that Beyonce song in my head all morning. I was talking to Mr. ESPN last night and said, hey I gave props to your Phillies on the blog yesterday - you want to see it? I pull it up and he looks at it and criticizes it. First he says it is copyright infringement with the logo, then complains that I may jinx his team by posting about them and finally says "can't you think of a better name for me on the blog?" Before I started the blog I asked him for suggestions for the blog title and our "character" names. Did he have any suggestions or want to be bothered with it at that time? Nope! Last night when he complained about being called Mr. ESPN, I asked him if he had suggestions for a different name and of course he didn't. Sounds like most politicians these days, complain about the current state of affairs (i.e. health care, etc.) and have no valid solution to put forth! I thought this name was perfect for him since he is so obsessed with sports and that channel (or one of it versions, i.e. ESPN2, ESPN News, etc.) is on at our house more than any other channel. I won't even go into how he brought a second tv into the family room last weekend so we could watch 2 games at one time (no that wasn't the first time he has done that).

So ladies I will send it out there to you ... any suggestions on a blog name for him? His real name is Dennis (don't ask why I don't just use our real names - I just thought it would be fun to go by something a little different), growing up his family called him Dennie (I hate this name with a passion sounds like a pansy), in college they called him Big D (I hate this for him too because Big D is Dallas not my husband) and most of the time I just call him D. I am sure he will be thrilled that I am asking other women for their opinion on his blog name, but that's what you get when you complain.

Phillie Phanatics

So in honor of the Phillies victory last night we read the following book:

Chatty even asked me to insert Chase Utley's (her favorite Phillies player) name in the book while I was reading it and then proceeded to tell me "I knew it was Chase they were talking about" (don't you know she knows just about everything? Don't all 5 1/2 year olds?). Needless to say the ESPN household was happy last night, now on to the NLCS. Don't ask me how I became such a baseball fan, I literally despised it until Mr. ESPN got me into the Phillies. The things you do for love .. whatever, I think it was the cute guys that did it for me!

BTW - we also have the University of Arizona and Florida State University books - great gift for kids - they have them for most major colleges and for the professional teams too!

Did you Know?

Since my teams lost this weekend and I don't want to talk about football (I am getting close to calling for a quick end to the season and a new start next year), I thought I would play a little game called did you know ... Did you know I was a professor at the University of Manitoba and I teach about pop culture (who would have ever thought)? I also live in Portland, OR and have a daughter who is a high school senior ... I bet you never did. I am sly like that. One other thing, did you know that Chatty has her own blog and she goes by her real name and that she has a kid - oh crap - that makes me on young granny! I was playing with google this morning and googled my name to see what I could come up with (Results - professor and mother of high school senior). Then I tried googling my maiden name (which happens to be Chatty's first name) and found this blog. Craziness I tell you!

So I still don't have my computer back, but I did get a call from the tech last Friday and he said he didn't think he could save anything from my hard drive! Lovely ... other than that our weekend was good. Mr. ESPN requested to spend as much time at home on Saturday to watch football and golf and baseball. I happily obliged but I made sure to go to the gym, Target, Old Navy, etc. for several hours while he was home with the girls. Hey he never said he wanted to watch alone. Too bad for him Chatty was non-compliant (to put it mildly) most of the day!

This picture is blurry but I love her smile in it!

Not wanting to share her toy ... this face is way too frequent!

A little dress up action with the neighbor's stuff

Run baby run .. Flying JR's Kite (JR's dad helping out)

I can't tell if she is "raising the roof" or getting ready to give someone a high five!

She's showing the love for her Daddy's team ... GO PHILLIES! Chatty loves the Phillies just like her dad. I wished I would have thought about it earlier and I could have had grandma get her a Phillies jersey and she could have gone as a player ... but grandma and grandpa leave for Italy on Wednesday so that won't work ... I tried to get them to take me with them on their trip but looks like I will be staying in the desert with Mr. ESPN and the girls!