New and Improved Prospector Pete

Friday night we went to the CSULB vs UCSB girls volleyball game. The big deal was that they were unveiling the new and improved mascot. The CSULB mascot is Prospector Pete who's just a guy with a dimpled chin and five o clock shadow with a pick axe for gold mining. The mascot costume for the last 10 years has been an inflatable costume--think moonbounce or the giant blow up gorillas at car dealerships. Consequently, it wasn't easy for the old pete to get around--you could hardly tell when he was moving his arms. So, after the second game/set they take a break to introduce the new pete. The cheerleaders come out and are rallying and form a entryline for the mascots. The announcer tells everyone to stand up its now time to say farewell to the OLD pete and introduce the NEW pete...so the old pete comes out and goes to center court. More applause. More loud music. And heeerreeee's the new Pete. NEW pete comes out riding a segway (like GOB from arrested) he goes like 3 feet and runs into two cheerleaders, falls off. All is not lost, he can still save face! He attempts again and quickly hops back on to the segway, goes another 2 feet and this time leans too far forward and completely falls off. It was hilarious. Then he makes a wise choice and ditches the segway and runs around the court rallying and cheering. It was quite the grand entrance. We watched him as he finished his thing and walked off the court and he threw down his pick axe like he was mad as heck that he blundered his big intro...i guess you had to be there. It was funny, I promise.

Now to the important stuff. Lacy did well at the game too. She cheered and shook her pom pom. We made sure she wore her LB tshirt. Cousin Kortney was good to me and took Lacy for walks when she got too restless.