Fun Flag Football!!

Zach is the one who has hold of the runner's leg going for the tackle.

Oops! This isn't tackle football - notice the ref's hand going for the his flag. Zach did try to argue his way out of the 15 yard penalty - like any good football player. LOL!!!

Look at that concentration - trying to prevent a touchdown. This was at the 25 yd line.

Oh, he's almost got him!!!

Oh NO! He's stepped in a hole and we're at the 15 yard line! Look at both the coach's and Zach's own teammate's faces behind Zach on the right! Priceless!!

He went down.........on his head!............and still came up with the flag.........although I quit taking photos until I was sure he was ok......and my heart returned to my chest cavity. Yep, many more heart attacks for mom to come if he keeps playing this sport!

Great throw coach. Nothing like bouncing it off the ground and into his shins!

"OK - "GO BEARS!" on 3!"

"BEARS!!"

Zach's team photo - all sweet and innocent.

Zach's team with their normal personalities showing!

Football was fun ........... and frustrating this week. Zach got 1 pass and that was thrown way short and bounced off the grass and into his feet. We didn't run the ball at all - which is this team's strong suit. We won the game 14-0 - but it wasn't pretty...........and it was VERY muddy. And what the heck was I thinking putting Zach in a white turtle neck shirt?!! Hello?? Rain and mud - makes for a wonderful load of stains!!!!!! Geez! Next time it will be a BLACK shirt!!!

Zachary came home Friday with tons of stuff for mom to go through......as usual.........and one extra special surprise. He was awarded the "Outstanding Achievement" award for his 1st Grade classroom! A very big achievement that's for academia! Yea!! All those hours of homework are paying off!!! He's also now made a 100% on every single spelling test every week since July - and gotten all the bonus words correct! And he's reading well above grade level - and he's working independently on advanced math! You go young man!!!!! ...........although Mike is going to have to start helping with the math stuff since it's already geometry - my absolute worst subject EVER!!!

This was a crazy week for me. I had a pet photography shoot for a 3.5 month old kitten (awefully cute) and his new big brother, a long-haired dachsund, who had the sweetest big brown eyes that just melted your heart. Tons of fun............and makes me want a dog again! Then Katie had a field trip to Hardy's Reindeer Ranch on Wednesday. That was fun - but 15-20 preschoolers - I was exhausted! In addition to grocery shopping, a birthday party for one of Katie's friends, dance 2 days this week, making hair bows, editing photos from both the field trip and the photo shoot, finishing a photography order and delivering the photos, an absolute mountain of laundry, a mad dash to find Katie some fall/winter pants that fit, tons of homework and now.............I'm tired. And they say it only gets crazier the older they get. go figure why I need hair dye............