It Isn't Fall Without Football

My husband starts anticipating the start of football season just after the Super Bowl each year.  In his opinion, basketball and baseball are mere filler until the REAL MEN start playing the REAL SPORT.  Football fever runs rampant amongst the men in this house (and, I, too, admittedly enjoy catching the occasional game).  Connor has been looking forward to playing football someday.  This year, we signed him up for a Liberty Parks and Rec flag football team.  He had a BLAST!

When signing up for the first time, you go potluck in terms of a team.  Boys are assigned to teams based on their age and grade in school.  We struck GOLD when we landed on the Green Bay Packers, coached by two Dads who worked throughout the season to teach the team basics of the sport.  Coach Jason had even created playbooks for each player and taught the boys how to follow plays throughout the game.  With practices on Thursday evenings and games each Saturday throughout September and October, we all really enjoyed cheering our favorite player on from the sidelines.

Connor did very well.  He quickly emerged as one of the faster players on the team and scored several touchdowns throughout the season.  Each week, players were given the opportunity to try a different position on the field on both offense and defense.  He was eventually placed at wide receiver and cornerback.  The team learned some valuable lessons and while the overall record had more losses than wins, the season ended with a sound victory.  We are already looking forward to next season!