{"id":180474,"date":"2017-06-22T09:38:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T09:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/?p=180474"},"modified":"2017-06-22T09:38:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T13:38:14","slug":"mom-showed-college-bound-daughter-done-taking-hilarious-selfies-football-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/mom-showed-college-bound-daughter-done-taking-hilarious-selfies-football-team\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mom Showed Her College-Bound Daughter How it&#8217;s Done by Taking Hilarious Selfies With the Football Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>College orientation for incoming freshmen can be a nerve-wracking experience. Besides figuring out a major and getting the lay of the land, there&#8217;s also the tricky business of making friends. One college-bound young woman probably wasn&#8217;t expecting her own\u00a0<em>mom<\/em> to make more friends than her at orientation, but that&#8217;s exactly what happened. But they weren&#8217;t just any random students. No, her mom made friends with the football team \u201d\u201dand she <a href=\"http:\/\/theberry.com\/2017\/06\/20\/this-mom-made-friends-with-her-daughters-college-football-team-during-orientation-and-people-cannot-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took hilarious selfies<\/a> with them.<\/p>\n<p>When Avery Leilani showed up for her orientation at Texas State University, she was anxious to learn the ropes. After saying goodbye to her mom, she went off to orientation while mom Danielle participated in some parent activities. Still, Avery was totally shocked when she got a text from her mom updating her on her whereabouts:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180484\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Avery_Leilani\/status\/876960357205651456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180484 lazyload\" alt=\"is their mascot the Cougars? \" data-src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.41-AM-575x1024.png\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.41-AM-575x1024.png 575w, https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.41-AM-112x200.png 112w, https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.41-AM.png 744w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 575px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 575\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180484\" alt=\"is their mascot the Cougars? \" src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.41-AM-575x1024.png\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.41-AM-575x1024.png 575w, https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.41-AM-112x200.png 112w, https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.41-AM.png 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Twitter \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Avery_Leilani\/status\/876960357205651456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Avery_Leilani<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180483\" style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Avery_Leilani\/status\/876960357205651456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180483 lazyload\" alt=\"is their mascot the Cougars? \" data-src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.54-AM-572x1024.png\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 572px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 572\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180483\" alt=\"is their mascot the Cougars? \" src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.44.54-AM-572x1024.png\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Twitter \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Avery_Leilani\/status\/876960357205651456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Avery_Leilani<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Danielle had attended a parents&#8217; dinner in the football stadium, and while she was there she found out about a contest the school was having. Avery <a href=\"http:\/\/theberry.com\/2017\/06\/20\/this-mom-made-friends-with-her-daughters-college-football-team-during-orientation-and-people-cannot-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained to theBERRY<\/a>, &#8220;The parents got to go down on the football field. My mom told me they said to try and take a silly selfie with the football players because whoever does wins a scholarship for $500. She said everyone was trying to hide that they were trying to get the football players in the background of the photo so she decided to just walk up to them and ask. It was the football players ideas to do silly action shots!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>I have done WAY WORSE things for the opportunity to win $500.<\/h2>\n<p>Avery tweeted out a picture of her mom&#8217;s shenanigans and the tweet went insanely viral.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180485\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180485 lazyload\" alt=\"don't wait up\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.52.27-AM-640x574.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"574\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/574;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180485\" alt=\"don't wait up\" src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-11.52.27-AM-640x574.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"574\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Twitter \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Avery_Leilani\/status\/876960357205651456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Avery_Leilani<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Twitter, of course, lost its collective mind:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180487\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180487 lazyload\" alt=\"time to audit some classes\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-12.04.45-PM-640x711.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"711\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/711;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180487\" alt=\"time to audit some classes\" src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-12.04.45-PM-640x711.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"711\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Twitter \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MannyJalpa\/status\/877022706293780480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MannyJalpa<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180488\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180488 lazyload\" alt=\"hooking her girl up\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-12.07.36-PM-640x406.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/406;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180488\" alt=\"hooking her girl up\" src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-12.07.36-PM-640x406.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Twitter \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Smilinjai\/status\/877169905296191489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Smilinjai<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even @wikiHow got in on the action:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180486\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180486 lazyload\" alt=\"chillest mom ever\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-12.01.15-PM-640x625.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"625\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/625;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180486\" alt=\"chillest mom ever\" src=\"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-21-at-12.01.15-PM-640x625.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"625\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Twitter \/ <a href=\"wikiHow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@wikiHow<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Avery and her mom have a great sense of humor, but what I want to know is: DID SHE WIN THE $500?<\/h2>\n<p><em>(Image: Twitter \/ @Avery_Leilani)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College orientation for incoming freshmen can be a nerve-wracking experience. 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