The boys' football seasons are finally officially over and we don't seem to know what to do with ourselves with all of this time on our hands. It was a great year all around, with each of the boys being announced over the PA for completing tackles at one time or another. We thought for sure that all of the games were going to be played in cold wet rain, but the season finished off with two beautiful weeks of weather.
Anyhow, surprisingly both of the boys LOVED football, and not surprisingly they loved it for entirely different reasons.
Riley loved the social aspect, whenever his team got riled up the boys would run a quick scrimmage... using Riley as the football. It's almost as fun watching the boys throw Riley around as it is for Riley to be thrown around. Another bonus for Riley? Hello... muscles. Big guns. I kid you not, they're there. Not huge, but there.
Shannon loved football because he got to hit people. (Not to be confused with getting hit BY people, that was not a highlight for Shannon although it did make for some hilarious expressions.) He loved playing 'Bull In The Ring,' knocking the bigger kids out whenever he could, and he loved making his "I'm gunna get you!" pose after being tossed around. Nothing beat the attitude that showed up when Shannon had an audience, wow, did he like to impress!
We're all looking forward to next year! (They swear they're up for it, I'm crossing my fingers.)
