Have you ever wondered what exactly happens when a person
gets lazy and forsakes blogging for a week plus? In short, they have a lot of
untold stories that "need" to be told. However, for the interest of
time, I should probably whittle said stories down to a more manageable number.
Say one for today?
If you live in Kansas City, or the Midwest, then you
probably realize there was a big event that occurred over the weekend that got
a lot of folks excited. For the record, I'm not referring to the Turbulent
Twenties exhibit at the Johnson County Museum, although it probably got
someone, somewhere excited. Instead, I'm referring to the Kansas City Chiefs
hosting the AFC Championship game for the very first time. Even though that
game ended in a manner I refuse to discuss any further here, there's nothing
saying I can't talk about the events of the week leading up to the game.
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| Proof that I saw the sad thing happen in person... |
The day of every game this season (and several seasons
prior), we've had a tradition of hanging a Chiefs flag in our front window on
every game day. Over that time, it's been really fun to watch how Ellie's
reaction to the flag has changed. At first it was just a mere curiosity to her.
Now, it's not uncommon for her to request to hang the flag on a Sunday morning
before we even mention the Chiefs. In case you're wondering, I think she
associates the event with getting ready for church.
Even though hanging the flag is a big deal to Ellie, the
games themselves have not been as Ellie would largely ignore the television in
favor of entertaining herself with toys or books. At least that was the case
until last weekend as the Chiefs played the Indianapolis Colts in an AFC
Divisional match-up. On that day, Ellie totally went against her past behavior
and instead settled in on the couch between Bethany and I to watch the game.
Not only did she watch the game but she became an active
participant in the game. Any time the good guys would make a big play, Ellie
would jump off the couch and parade around in front of the TV, screaming
"Yay, Chiefs! Go Chiefs!" while clapping along enthusiastically. Believe
it or not, she carried on like that for almost the entire game. The only thing
that stopped Ellie from being able to do so was our insistence on putting her to
bed at her normal bedtime. On a positive note, she did get to keep watching the
game via the iPad while taking a bath.
After the Chiefs closed out a victory over the Colts, it
didn't take long for people to start thinking about how to attend the AFC
Championship game. Lucky for me, I got the opportunity to do so for free by
volunteering as a ticket scanner for about three hours on game day. Of course,
with taking our current weather into account, it was very important for me to
dress warmly. Therefore, last Thursday, Ellie and I took the opportunity to
head to Target so that I could find some thermal underwear.
Once I finally found my prize, we took the opportunity to
wander around the store just as anyone would at Target. Before long, we
wandered across the Chiefs fan section of the store with Ellie being certain to
point out all of the Chiefs apparel she was seeing.
At this point, I remembered there was something lacking from
Ellie's wardrobe keeping her from being the biggest Chiefs fan she could be.
That's right; Ellie needed her very own Chiefs shirt.
With that, I began to peruse the racks in an attempt to find
anything that would fit Ellie. Unfortunately for her, the only things that came
close were a couple of 4T shirts. For the record, Ellie is normally a 2T, maybe
a 3T on certain days.
However, the more I thought about it, the more perfect it
was. With the season rapidly dwindling, it didn't make sense to buy Ellie a
shirt that would only fit her for the rest of the season. Instead, it made
sense to buy her a shirt that she could wear for all of the next season too.
I knew Ellie was excited for her new purchase. However, I
didn't realize just how excited she was. Need proof? Look no further than Ellie
happily pulling her new shirt out of the bad and putting it over her head as
soon as we got home. I didn't even have time to get the tags off!
There is one bad thing about this whole story though. I find
myself wondering if Ellie's new shirt is cursed as the first time she wore it
during a game coincided with the Chiefs suffering a heartbreaking loss.
Unfortunately I won't be able to test this theory until next season. Don't
worry though, I'll make sure we test it in a preseason game instead of one that
counts. #DaddyWrite
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