My Kid is Totally Going to Get Beat Up
pamelamyers | January 11, 2019
The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl last year, and somehow are in the playoffs this year, so of course, everyone is all hyped up about them winning again. As anyone who knows us knows, we could care less about the Eagles. Or football. Or sports. We really can’t get into all the hubbub that surrounds sporting events and how much time is spent on them. Because the Eagles are playing on Sunday, today was Eagles Spirit Day at school. Which means, all the kids are supposed to dress up in Eagles colors or wear jerseys or whatever they have. Sam generally loves spirit days and will participate fully. I knew she would not want to participate in this. So, this morning, when I was helping her pick out clothes, I pulled a pink pattered fleece top and jeans or something out of her drawer and told her that because it was Eagles Spirit Day, she should wear something so opposite Eagles, like bright pink, in protest. A few seconds later she says, “I’ll be right back!” and goes flying down the stairs. I hear her talking to the Google Home but couldn’t hear what she was saying. When she came back up she said, “I have to wear black, white, and old gold.” I asked her why and she said, “I asked Google who the Eagles were playing this weekend and it said the New Orleans Saints, so then I asked what the Saints colors are and Google said black, white, and old gold, whatever that is. So that is what I want to wear.” And, she did. A gold, black and white top, black pants with gold unicorns, a gold headband and sneakers. I can’t believe she made it home from school unscathed!