The Fighting Irish

Cole has always known that he wanted to play football, by always I mean the whole four years he has been with us. Last year he tried soccer cause he was still too young for football. He liked it ok but really was just waiting till football came around. This year he could finally play. We got him signed up with the Saginaw Youth Association. So far I love the experience we have had with SYA. The coaches are great and the parents are great. He has a great coach and we have an amazing team Mom. All the dads that can make it out to the practices are assistant coaches so that means there are always at least the coach and four other guys out there teaching the kids. Cole has learned a lot about football and about the importance of stretching and exercise. Which all of this is really good to learn so young. Last week they learned the art of intimidation. It was very cute!

Friday was the kick off of the football season. There was a pep rally for the boys with the Fighting Irish cheerleaders. Yes, every team has there own cheerleaders that travel with them. The girls got the boys little gifts for good luck. Then Saturday was Cole's very first game. He is on a traveling team which means we had to get up at 6:00am to travel and be there thirty minutes before the game. That's ok though. Cole is unlike Grandma in his ability to wake up early. He woke up and got dressed like a champ. Thank you God! Well we all got there and there was no one else there. This week there was a little mix up in the scheduling so we were there an hour and a half early for the game. That's ok though, the boys warmed up and practiced a little and the coach went and bought them donuts. After all that running and playing they went out and played very well. Cole played almost the entire game. They won by one touchdown in the last minute of the game. Coach Steve promised they donuts every week if they would go out and play as well as they did. At this age there really are no winners and no losers but you cannot help but keep score, plus the team mom kept score.

Pee Wee flag football is so exciting! If you have a chance to come out and watch please do.



The whole team fixing to run.















I know this is a bit gross but this is what Cole's mouth piece looked like after the game. Until he learns not to chew on it throught he entire game we have to buy him a new one every week.