Put on your GAME FACE

Practice on Thursday and Friday was rough on my baby.  This morning, he really did not want to get up to be there at 8:00 a.m.  I got him up anyway.  Today's conditioning looked to be the most intensive yet.  He came through smiling and excited about doing it again.  He's getting the drills down and he understands the importance of practice, even if he hates mornings as much as I do.  After practice we went around thrift stores looking for gear.  We didn't find anything that fit that wasn't broken and we went to five different thrift stores. 

Fortunately, about the time I was considering donating plasma, I found out our equipment purchases were being subsidized by my generous family and I could actually afford to get everything he needed and still afford food.  We spent hours at The Academy finding everything he needed.  The pants were an adventure.  We tried every brand with builti-in pads and the ones that had to be purchased seperately and they were either too small or too big.  I looked at the clearance rack of baseball pants and like a miracle, I found 2 pairs of football pants that ended up fitting perfectly for $2.08 a pair. 

Now that he's outfitted, he's even more excited about playing.  Last year the team were city champs.  I'm glad he'll be on a winning team.  Once uniforms come in, I'll put up pictures.  And if you're interested, I still have plenty of raffle tickets left.