My boys are strong.
But,
my boys are skinny.
And that's okay.
They eat and eat like there's no tomorrow, but are blessed with a good metabolism.
If I had my choice, I'd take after them!
So, needless-to-say, they aren't built like football players.
But Cole LOVES football and wanted to play tackle football this year. I didn't want him to only because I was worried that he would get hurt and I thought it would take up too much of his time.
"Don't worry. He'll be put in with kids his size and he'll be fine,"
Lee tells me.
"But he's still going to get tackled and there's no fat on him to cushion the falls!" I really am worried.
"He'll be fine," Lee says.
"C'mon mom! I can handle it," Cole says.
"It's not a good idea with practices every day and the amount of homework he'll have. He won't have enough time to study and he'll fall behind," I say.
"I can handle it, Mom, I promise," Cole assures me.
"But...but..." I can tell I'm losing this one!
"DON'T WORRY!" They both tell me.
I had one more hope of winning the battle. I thought that when he was weighed at registration, and he wouldn't make it into middle weight like his good friend, that would discourage him and he'd change his mind.
Well, he weighed in at a whopping 88 lbs. and made the light weight team. But did that discourage him...
Just look at him...
*sigh*
Another battle lost.
3 comments:
He looks like a quarterback! Take comfort that he has some padding with his football gear! I think I would feel the same way you do, though!
cw- I would worry even more if my daughter wanted to play! Yikes! And I keep hearing about all these kids that are sidelined. Not real reassuring!
chris and karlie- We had to get him a special shirt that has even more padding around his ribs and spine because for the first week, he kept getting hit in the ribs and I just knew he'd break a rib and puncture his lung! I know, I'm over-protective in a lot of ways!
jake- Yeah, I saw SK on Tuesday when he took off his cast to show the girls his elbow. Disgusting! THAT'S what I'm afraid of! I hope he feels better soon. (Just thinking of it makes me queezy!)
He looks so buff! No one is going to mess with him, no way. I hope he has a blast.
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