My kids came home from pre-school last week and were playing "football" in their room when I overheard one of them say "Ok, you can be the Patriots but you're in trouble because you're Tom Brady."
So I go in and I say "Hey, what was that all about?"
And one of them says: "At school, some kids said that Tom Brady got in trouble for cheating [one of them has a Brady jersey, one a Gronk jersey]. And we're the Patriots so now one of us is in trouble when we play."
So we had a little bit of an (animated, on my part) educational session that made my wife laugh.
But still, that was irritating. Like, my kids were getting all psyched for the Super Bowl, the first one that they actually understand what's going on, and they're wearing their Brady/Gronk shirts, and then...that. Just a bummer. But a good life lesson.
But on Monday they wore their shirts again. And on Wednesday, my parents went in to read a book to the class (pre-scheduled) and they read "Make Way For Ducklings" which my father pointed out was set in Boston, "home of the World Champion New England Patriots." And then on Thursday one of my kids brought their Patriots football for Show and Tell.
So, last laughs and all that.