March Madness

This is one of my favorite times of the year when it comes to sports. Brings back so many great memories. The NCAA basketball tournament is the best sporting event of all time, in my opinion. This year Wylie and Kasey both showed interest in basketball and loved it and I loved it.  Wylie is watching college basketball with me, taking stats at high school games and cheering on the teams in the ACC tournament that I wanted to win. "Mom, why do you like UNC?" So I get to tell him more about Michael Jordan and how I admired him since I was a little kid and how he is the best basketball player ever.  Or he asks, "why do you cheer for Duke?" And I get to explain the importance of a good school academically and also the importance of a great coach, a coach for life, not just basketball.

* side note. I know those of you who are reading this and follow basketball are probably going nuts that I like both UNC and Duke. I know. I know. I get it, but I do. *


Tonight was the time to tell the kids, all three of them about March Madness. When in reality only Wylie is listening.  We sit down at the table and I show them the bracket and tell them all I can that three little minds their age will understand. I think of my Dad and how I did this every year with him since I was a little girl. I even won his office pool a few times. Our March Madness challenge this year is for our family, winner takes all . . . . ten bucks!! 

So I fill out my bracket, Jacques fills out his and then I read all the games and fill in the bracket for the kids.  Wylie took the longest, looking at the seed, thinking about which team he has heard about on ESPN, which team mom likes etc...and then finally picks his team and we move to the next game until there is one team left. His final four picks: Kentucky, Michigan State, Syracuse and UNC.

Tori did her picks next.  Oh my gosh, Wylie and I had the giggles so hard listening to her pick her teams. Her final four teams: Lehigh(15), Long Beach State(12), Harvard(12) and Ohio(13).  She picked Lehigh because, "that is a pretty name," Murry State because she was convinced it was, " mermaid state and I like mermaids!" Long Beach state was a top runner because she "loves the beach." Still unsure how Ohio made the final four, I don't see the connection to anything there but she said it so there they be.

Kasey is now ready to make her picks.She goes a super fast barely letting me read both teams.  Her final four is Xavier, Virginia, Texas and Michigan! Not long after deciding her champion, she says, "what is this even for?"

Game on.


~It's My Life