Senior Homecoming Game

Maddie's last senior Homecoming game was tonight, and the students were all decked out for the "PINK OUT" theme, everyone wearing pink to the game.  As you can see here, Maddie was wearing pink with all kinds of extras like the flamingos on her head.  And even the skies above joined in on the fun!

I was there with Maddie tonight, and she was happy to sit with her friend who graduated recently and is currently at the University of Georgia.  Together, we all sat and watched the game.  It was actually closer in the first half than the score suggested, but we got a lucky onside kick at one point that sort of broke the tie in the first quarter.  It was scoreless for that first quarter, and then we broke things out with three touchdowns and a 21-0 score.  

Halftime was dedicated to honoring the Homecoming Court.  You can see the nice balloon arch there in the middle of the field.  Maddie posed under it a little later on.

The game tightened up in the second half.  At least for a short window.  The other team got a touchdown and then they themselves were the recipients of a lucky onside kick, and the momentum seemed to be shifting in their favor.  Then we dropped a snap, the third time this happened in one game, and I thought for sure we were going to turn the ball over and the other team would tie things up.  But the other team was gloating about that a little too much, I think, or something odd happened that changed the dynamics of the game, because there was an unsportsmanlike conduct call made against the opposing team.  That gave us fifteen yards, and we were able to secure the first down after all, and then not much later than that, we got a touchdown to give us a little more breathing room with the score.  And it still seemed like a close game after that, as their team was threatening to score again... but it didn't happen.  And we scored again.  And with two minutes to go... we scored again, pouring salt in the wound.  The end result was 42-21, and Maddie was quite happy we won her last Homecoming football game.

Another reason to be happy:  no rain.  There's been a good bit of rain at the last few games she's attended, so this was a blessing, particularly on Homecoming night.  After the game, the marching bands performed, and Maddie cheered for the East Forsyth marching band as they did its routine.  

But honestly, I think I liked the other band's performance better!  Their theme was based on the movie "Coraline," and that was pretty fun!

Anyway, it was a good night, and I'm glad of that.  Maddie loved it.

Earlier we were watching some things on the television, including "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."  This sometimes results in our discussions of what constitutes the most "sincere pumpkin patch" around," and how to make your pumpkin patch more "sincere" so that the Great Pumpkin will show up with lots of candy.  We also watched a few David Pumpkins skits before packing up and heading to the football field.  Maddie and I ate some of the concessions there.

Earlier today, she was working with negatives (and positives too!), and meanwhile I was assembling and painting the new "Call of Duty" logo for our KidPak set.  

We start a new series this weekend, and we were down in Braselton getting costumes and making signs for all the campuses.

We closed out the night with reading, of course.  And then prayers - and a good night's rest.  Tomorrow is Homecoming, and Maddie's super excited about that.