Fight On!

Harry and Charlotte got their first high-intensity taste of mom's alma mater with a New Year's Day match-up at the Rose Bowl: USC v Penn. State. Clad in our Trojan best, we settled in front of the tube (along with fellow Trojan Aunt Cathy) to watch the game. the highlight (in my humble opinion) is the Tournament of Roses Parade. I marched in the parade as a college freshman, a piccolo player in the Trojan Marching Band, suffice it to say this Trojan cheers loudest whenever the band appears). Thanks to Cathy's brother John -- who sent a USC calendar for Christmas, the kind that plays the school fight song (serious toddler appeal), Harry knows how to wave (the victory sign) during "Fight On!" You're next Charlotte. Get that "V" ready.

We won the game, shellacking the Lions 38 to 24.