ND Weekend in Danbury

The only things we can be sure of are death and taxes... and debauchery when Knott boys reunite!

Rutt, Twan, and Styles

In the middle of October, Styles (who now for some unknown reason goes by "Drew") and his awesome wife Ashley invited us and the Rutts (Chris, Ariane, and their sweet son Xavier) to their house in Danbury, CT, to cheer on the Irish against USC.  It was a beautiful fall weekend (albeit a little damp) of fun, friendship, football... and foolishness!

We all arrived on Saturday in time for lunch, after which Ariane and I took the little guys across the way to Stew Leonards, which we thought was just a grocery store but ended up being so much more.  If you've never been to a Stew's, let's just say it's an experience.  For example, free hayrides...

Joergen, Ariane, Xavier, and Liam

"This way, Xavier!"

... a giant pumpkin patch...

... and some seriously interactive in-store displays!

After a lot of fun playing beanbags and throwing around the football outside, it was finally time for the ND game to start.

Liam was introduced to the concept of push ups after each ND score, and we were very happy that he had several to do... in the first half, anyway.  The second half was scoreless and unbelievably boring-- which was dangerous for what was already a late starting game to begin with!

Notre Dame did beat the Trojans, thankfully - but with all that downtime, the little guys sure did get restless.  They were pretty much constantly in motion!

And the subject of their interest was almost always Styles and Ashley's poor, poor cat...

Q. What's the best thing to do when little boys are up past their bedtimes and hyped up beyond belief?
A. Let them eat marshmallows the size of their hands!

Fortunately, they did finally crash from the excitement (and sugar), and Liam enjoyed some adorable bonding time with Chris.  Liam loved their slow-motion fight scenes and sharing groan-worthy knock-knock jokes!

Then, after a nostalgic round of the 90210 drinking game, let's just say that the little guys weren't the only ones who passed out from over-indulgence...

Thanks to Styles and Ashley for hosting a fantastic weekend!!