Evan's Football

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Today Evan had his first football game of the season.  On Thursday after practice, the coach went to pick up the team's jerseys.  Somehow the league messed up and despite listing on the schedule and telling the coach that the team was the Steelers, the jerseys were the Tampa Bay Bucs. So Evan's team is now the Bucs.

Evan and I left the house first as he had to get there 45 minutes before the game.  His team had a little practice time before his game.  As the game was about to start, I got a text message from Rachel.  I guess Noah was throwing a fit because Rachel had to wake him up to come to the game.  He was still in his pajamas while she's was driving.  When they got there, she got him dressed, but even as they got to the seats, Noah was still whining and crying.  Rachel ended up taking him away for a bit.

But Rachel was there long enough to see Evan line up at wide receiver.  The play called for him to come around and get the ball on an end-around.  He ended up grabbing a ball and not going behind the quarterback but turning up field there.  He raced around all the kids and broke free.  A kid ended up catching him and pulling his flag, though I'm not sure if he scored a touchdown or not.  I didn't think he did, but he said the coach said he did score.  So I don't know.  But it was a great run nonetheless.

Unfortunately, that was about the highlight of the game.  The other team scored every single time they touched the ball on the first play of each series except for one - when Evan went into the backfield and pulled the running back's flag before he had a chance to run.

After that we came home and the boys played some and then cleaned up in their rooms and the game room.

Since Evan was a bit cranky yesterday afternoon and Noah was cranky this morning, we decided we'd just stay home today.  The boys also played in the backyard some.

For dinner, we went to the Olive Garden for their Never-Ending Pasta Bowl.  Both boys ate very well and they were excellently behaved.

They had showers tonight.  Evan is now washing himself.  And now they are in bed.

Until next time...