Weekend Update: Let the Brainwashing Begin

So this past weekend, we packed up the car and headed down to College Station to visit some friends who recently moved there and to go to an Aggie Game.


It's been entirely too long since we've been (i.e. before Little Miss) so needless to say everyone was super excited about the weekend as a whole. 


Even watching a movie Friday night with friends was exciting:

And thankfully all of the kids went to bed a decent time as we got up EARLY (as in 6 AM on a Saturday) to get donuts before the football festivities.  For those of you in College Station or visiting, I highly recommend Kai's Donuts.  So, so, so good.  And super cute donuts.  They even had Elmo and Cookie Monster donuts which shockingly neither girl choose.

As soon as our tummies were full, it was off to campus.  Clearly the girls were super excited for the tour of their future school (only if Daddy gets his way).

It was great to show the girls some of the things that make Texas A&M so unique.  I mean what other schools have a "working" cannon that they roll out before games and let you sit on...

And horses.

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And the Corp...

Being silly before "yell practice"

Watching the Corp band

And having the tuba player offer to let you play it after you yell to your daddy, "Look a tuba!"  So what if the tuba is bigger than her!

The girls also got to participate in their first yell practice.   Apparently if they go to school here, its a really big deal.  For mommy, though, it was a great picture moment :)

Both girls loved it, although Littlest Miss was definitely more into it and may have the cutest little "Whoop" in all of Texas (so what if I am biased).

Again, I cannot say enough about the "kids" in the Corp.  They definitely took the time to make the morning special not only for our girls but for all of the kids who were there!

And once yell practice and pictures were done, it was time to head back to the car as we sadly did not have game tickets for the girls.  However, in hindsight, it all worked out perfectly for them. They got to "experience" the campus and be a part of game day, but didn't have to sit through the game, which given the heat may have been rough on them!  Plus, we totally forgot that after each score by Texas A&M they sound the cannon.  Given that Texas A&M scored over 40 points in the first half and the cannon was loud enough to make the adults jump, its a good thing that she was there since Littlest Miss is afraid of thunder and the almost constant booms likely would have meant constant tears!

Once the kids were back at our friends house and settled with the sitter, the adults did go to the game.  And thanks to our friends, we had some great seats! 

But more importantly, we were so grateful to spend time with these people:

And clearly, the kids didn't miss us one bit...

So all and all, a great weekend.  Even if Littlest Miss may be part dog?!?!