Saturday, September 27, 2014

Football Mom



I am a proud mom to an awesome son who is now a football player. Yes he is 6 and yes it is contact football. I know some people are concerned and for good reason but I am writing this little blog to reassure those who are worried. I agree that throwing a child into full contact football is dangerous.. as I have learned letting your child play on the playground is dangerous as well too. My sweet 3 year old got ran over by a bigger kid who did not see her and she got a concussion when she smacked her little head on the concrete. The reassurance I can give to those friends and family who are concerned is that we have truly lucked out with Beast's (He says that is his new nickname) team and coaches. They are very focused on fundamentals. learning the plays and making sure these boys are stretching correctly, warming up efficiently, blocking correctly, and teaching them why learning the correct way to do these things keeps them safe and allows better efficiency. The common sense ones are making sure these boys have a time to take a breather and get some hydration and they do. Most of the boo boos (and I call them boo boos because they are not technically injuries) are from running into each other and hitting elbows, accidentally stepping on someones hand, and in many cases not paying attention  which I might add they could do playing without pads on a playground. This game, if taught and enforced by the PARENTS correctly, can enforce self control, confidence, focus, and teamwork. I have to brag a little bit... Our team has gone undefeated because of the fundamental focus. So this is not a blog to discredit necessary concern because when it comes to children their safety to should be a concern on the forefront of every parents mind. This blog is to reassure you all that we are fully aware of the concerns and we appreciate them and that he is being taken very good care of.. If you did not care you would not be concerned. =) We love you all and thank you all so much for your unfailing support and encouragement.




Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Good Morning

Well hubbs had to work early today so naturally I woke up when he got up and now I can not get back to sleep. So here I am sitting in bed watching the news with my headphones in (because my 6 year old crawled in the bed sometime last night) and blogging on my phone. Again. Gotta admit watching the news first thing in the morning may not be the best start to someone's day. It's all bad news these days isn't it? Sigh.. course at 5 am there's really nothing else on TV other than cartoons. So.. news it is. Desperately wanting a nice big cup of coffee but I don't drink coffee anymore.  Anyways. Today is one of those days where you don't wanna get out if bed. Kind of let my duties get a little piled up (which I normally don't do). Busy busy. School, football practice, bible study, daily duties just been busy. No time to sit. Of course that's the life of a mommy and wife right. Don't be mistaken I truly love what I do and feel extremely blessed. Gotta find some time today to get some things done here and there and get my walk in. I want to get healthy enough to start running again. Struggle Ruth ah in splints but I got some shoe inserts that will hopefully help out with that. =) Watching my son sleep it just fills my heart with hoy and sadness to see that they are growing up so fast. I mean my BABY is about to be 5... you blink and all of a sudden your babies are turning into little people. My 9 year old Is literally 9 going on 19. She is so grown.  Well this is all the ramblings I have going on today. I hope everyone has a blessed day. Remember to smile. A simple smile is an act of kindness that can completely change someone's day!! God bless you all!

Sunday, September 14, 2014

I CAN DO IT!!!!

So it has been a few weeks since I blogged last and since school has started and I have to admit. It has been going pretty smooth. My 9 year old is not wanting to read on her own but I have gotten a lot of encouragement and tips to get through this. My littlest missed the kindergarten cutoff by a couple of weeks but after praying about it and doing some serious thinking I decided to start her on kindergarten work. She is breezing right through it. The good thing is I can take is slow with her if she starts struggling. My son is doing fantastic. We have put him in full contact football. At first he was struggling with hitting and getting more confident in it. Partly because he has been the biggest kid in his age group we have encouraged him not to hit. But now that he is picking up on it he's a beast! I am awful with blogging and keeping up with it but I am going to try.... again...... lol. Life is great right now. Back into Bible Study. Another Beth Moore one so those are always fantastic. It's late now so I will update more tomorrow when I'm not blogging on my phone. Hope everyone has had a great day and all sleep well!!!