November 13, 2005

• Goldy Meets Little Goldy

  A few blogs ago, I posted pictures of the gopher suit that I made for my grandson Jake as a Halloween costume. I also stated that my son, Jake’s father, was going to try to arrange for Jake to meet Goldy, the mascot of the Minnesota Gophers, at a Gopher football game. I thought I would share some pictures of that meeting.

  First, you have to understand that Jake was born on July 30, 2003, so he is just over 2 years old. Jake’s mom and dad, Andy and Jess, know the coach of the University of Minnesota Cheerleaders/Danceline. That coach was the one who arranged to get Jake down on the field during a game. She arranged only for Jake to go, so this little kid walked out onto the field by himself to meet Goldy in front of 50,000 people.

  

  Dan and I weren’t there, but Jake called on the phone to tell us about it. He kept saying that it was “very loud!” Andy said that the crowd cheered quite enthusiastically for the “Little Gopher.” Jess had to move to another section of the stadium during the time that Jake was on the field, and she heard people discussing how cute the little guy was. Andy didn’t say whether she told them that Jake was her little guy, but I certainly would have.

  

  Jake met the cheerleaders, too. They are rather pretty, don’t you think? Jake looks like he thinks he fits right in. When he is 17, he will wish he could have this opportunity again!

  

  When I was talking to Andy on the phone, I told him that the problem he is going to have now is that Jake thinks that he is a celebrity, so he will be expecting people to cheer for him whenever he is in a crowd!

  I thought you might also like to see a picture of the glassware in my dining room now that it is clean. This is not all of it. There are plate rails along another wall, plus there are a few pieces in other places, but this is the biggest part of the display. The blue plates on the rails are Bing and Grondahl Christmas plates that my mom bought for me. She started buying them 2 years before I was married. The last one I have is 1984, which was her last Christmas. The other items on the plate rails and the things on top of the chest are antiques. The chest is also an antique that has been handed down in the family.

  

  I don’t like washing that stuff, but I do enjoy looking at it when it is clean!

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