Football Orphan

We are deep into football season and since my husband is a rabid Eagles/NFL fan, we are often watching a game on the weekends or the odd Monday or even Thursday evening. I am used to it by now and have learned to live those hours without him. Typical football widow.

No one here is as intense about watching NFL games. Rather, everyone seems more interested in local college teams, i.e. University of Oregon or Oregon State. Actually, his football fixation has become a little less intense every year we've lived here in the Pacific NW, probably because he has very few people to share/feed that fire.

Anyway, hubs and ESK have developed quite a little routine when it comes to time to turn on that football game. It goes something like this:

Dad: Hey, who wants to watch football?

Dad: Can we watch your show later ESK?
E: Nooooooo!
Dad: Don't you want to watch football with Daddy?
E: No, I want to watch my show!
Dad: Aw, come on ESK, we can watch football for a little, then we can watch your show.
E: No!
Dad: Football is fun! Football is cool!
E: No! My show.

And on and on.... repeat 2-3 times a week. Daddy usually wins out and forces the kiddos to watch football. ESK usually forgets about it and finds something else to play with. I suspect ESK will learn more about football than any other girl her age in Portland. And I suspect, later in life, she will thank her Daddy for making her watch football all those years.