My son is playing tackle football for the first time this year. I am one nervous mom. Zachary is only 52lbs. The maximum weight for his age group is 110lbs. We just scrimmaged a team and I’m telling you right now…some of those 8 year olds were over the 110lbs…at 8 years old. That’s insane! At the rate Zachary is going, he’s not going to be 110lbs until he’s like 12!
Last week we had picture day. When you have 120+ boys, they get restless pretty quick. I don’t know who’s genius idea it was to put the youngest group last, but Zachary’s team was last for pictures. Unknown to me, my husband told Zachary that football players don’t smile in pictures. Now here I am watching EVERY other kid smile and look cute in their uniform…here is my son, trying not to smile:
Yes. That is what I paid a lot of money for…that is what will be on his trading cards…that is, unless the photographer got one where he wasn’t smirking! Since Dan is a coach, he got to take a picture with both Zachary and Bella. Those turned out even better. My favorite is the last one where Bella looks at Dan like, “WTF”.
Please tell me my son is not going to get hurt out there…his first game is next week.
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