Now I know my ABC's

In our great state of Utah there are many things that may be considered a rival. For instance, there is the war between Coke and Coffee, Mormons and Non Mormons, Alta snow vs.. Snowbird snow, Tastes Great vs.. Less Filling ect. In our house the biggest rival we have is Brigham Young University (aka: BYU, Big Blue or the Y) vs.. the University of Utah (aka: the Utes, Big Red or the U). Now our families blood runs very Red. My husband is a huge...Huge HUGE Utah Ute Football fan. He has season tickets, his truck is covered in Ute STUFF (ie: stickers, flag ect) and our children have been taught since the moment they came out of the womb that the U of U is the only college to attend...and that the families favorite color is red AND that you have to hate BYU!! Now I know hate seems like a harsh word...but then you don't know my husband very well...As a result, my girls have sweat shirts, t-shirts, blankets, bottles, pom poms, pictures, stuff animals all with Utah Utes on them. Ask Gracie what her favorite color is and she will say Red (99% of the time). The first words my husband tries to teach the girls is, "Go Utes!!" Gracie will see someone in Wal-mart with a Ute Hat on and she yells out to them, "Go Utes!!" with her little arm and clenched fist stretched out in victory. Yes, we love the Utes.

Now with that said you will understand more fully this recent conversation with my 3 year old. We were traveling down to Provo (the home of BYU) to attend a baby shower when my 3 year old spies the big White "Y" on the mountain. She says to me.."Look mommy, its the letter E" (she is still learning her alphabet mind you) I reply, "No honey, that is the letter Y" Gracie's faces distorts in horror, "Mommmeeeee, we HATE THE Y!!!! But, we love the U." Blake, the proud father that he is, praises his daughter for her knowledge and is smiling smugly. Then out of the blue (or red which ever you prefer) she says, "But mommy, I love Play dough."

????? Huh????? I am not quite sure if my husbands brain washing for the Utes has really played off.. I guess we'll find