the grey cup

Yesterday was The Grey Cup, the Superbowl of the Canadian Football League. And as luck would have it, the Saskatchewan Roughriders were not only in the game they won the whole thing! Through one of our local Canadian friends we found out that a local bar was actually going to be showing the game so of course we HAD to go.

Last year for Christmas Elliot got some Roughriders gear for the family, including a cute little sweatsuit for Ada. So we put on our gear and headed downtown for the game.

The game wasn't all that exciting, but our time at the bar was interesting. Unfortunately, the owner of the bar didn't know he was going to have the game on in time to advertise to the local Canadian contingent, so there was only two other groups of Canadians there. However, it was fortunate for us because it allowed Ada to have run of the joint without us worrying to much about her. We did take in a little pub fare including Ada's favorite of all time - ketchup - with a side of french fries. Technically we ordered and paid for the french fries and they threw in the ketchup for free but Ada merely uses the fries as a means for getting ketchup into her mouth and all over her face. She has really developed quite the technique for moving ketchup from the plate to her mouth. She spends a lot of time orienting the fry in between her fingers so that she is just holding the very tip of the fry, allowing her to get the maximum surface area of the fry available for ketchup dipping. She then slides the fry into and out of the ketchup resulting in a full double dip of ketchup per dip. You would think this would be good enough but she then takes it a step further. She then licks and sucks the ketchup off the fry and goes back in for another dip. She will only actually eat the fry after it has been fully saturated with ketchup.

Had the Chargers been in, and won the Superbowl I would have great memories of great catches and hard hitting tackles, because, you know, I would have watched the game. You would think the same would apply to the Roughriders winning the Grey Cup - but honestly - I will always remember this victory by fry manipulation and the art ketchup saturation.