Assembly Hall

Go Hawks!

Owen went to his first Iowa game this weekend. Grampie Ives joined Amy and I in a trip to Champaign on Sunday for the Iowa vs. Illinois basketball game.

It was kind of amazing. Amy and I had been to several away Iowa football games, but this was the first time we'd been a college basketball game outside of Iowa City.

Walking into Assembly Hall dressed in black and gold was pretty daunting. Unlike going to a football game where it's pretty easy to see the visitor's section, Assembly hall was literally a sea of Orange. Strangely enough, the only other person we could see dressed in black was Michael Jordan, who was sitting courtside on the other side of the arena.

Jordan's son Jeff plays for the Illini and is arguably the least popular member of the team. I mean, seriously, what could be worse than parents' weekend and making the entire team feel self conscious playing in front of THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO EVER LIVED!?

No pressure.

Anyway, Iowa played a pretty good game, but ultimately lost. Still, we had fun and made it home in plenty of time to watch the Super Bowl (at least one team wearing gold and black won on Sunday).

And, continuing with the black and gold theme, Owen tried on the new Bumblebee pajamas his grammie brought him.

While we were at the game, Grammie enjoyed some time with Maya. Maya's biggest hit this weekend was a new book filled with flaps to open ... and a mirror on the last page. When Maya would get to the page, her eyes would widen at the sight of the baby in the book.

Then we'd ask her if she could kiss that baby, and she always did, leaning in to kiss her own reflection.

The other highlight last week was bringing Owen and Maya to a performance of Ailey II at my work. Maya napped in her stroller throughout, but Owen thought the dancing was fun. The music was loud, so he was ready to go just before it finished. Maya, on the other hand, slept soundly while all the music crashed and banged ... but woke up the moment it was over and the hall was quiet.