Football Football Football!!!

Well. It seems that Rea has discovered a new passion. Or shall I say OBSESSION??!!

It all started a couple days ago, when Daryle took ALL the kids with him to go get Ma-lak fitted for his football gear. We had enrolled him several weeks ago in a local city league (go Central City Phantoms!!) and he was looking forward to getting his practice helmut and jersey.

They were having conditioning practices on the field and letting everyone run around and play, even if they weren't registered for the team, and turns out Rea had a really good time.... So she asks her dad very sweetly, "Hey Daddy, can I play football too??" Well, that was it. If you know my husband at all, and what a huge football fan he is, none of this will shock you!

Next thing I know, Rea's running in the house, fully decked out in her purple jersey and helmut, babbling a million miles a minute! "Mommy! Look!! I'm gonna be a football girl! And see, I'm all fluffy and cushioned up so if they "fall me down" it won't hurt!!"

"You mean if they 'make you fall down?'"

"Yeah, if they fall me down!"

(LOL)

It might very well be that Rea is more gung hoe about this than Ma-lak, who's just along for the ride at this point. He is in fact quite unhappy about how TIGHT everything is, how HEAVY his helmut is, how HOT it is, etc..... But assures me he's still very excited about playing! His jersey number is 80 (apparently this is Jerry Rice's number from his SF 49er days...)

So our lives are about to get alot more interesting this summer and fall! Lots of practices and football camps and games and fund-raisers and LAUNDRY!!!! :) (had to throw that one in there!) But hey, there's not much I wouldn't do to see these huge smiles on my kids' faces.

Even if they do "fall her down"....

(sigh)