Football Playoffs

This spring was the season of flag football around our place. Both the 11yo and the 7yo signed up to play. It was a lot of effort getting them to practices and games, but we really had a lot of fun watching them learn and compete! You might notice from the picture that the 11yo is getting to be almost as tall as him mom. He's really excited to pass her.

A couple of weekends ago was the playoffs. The playoffs were sudden death elimination, and some of those other coaches were pretty intense, especially with the 7 year old teams. Pretty lame. The 7yo lost his first game, partly due to some shenanigans by the other coach:( but he was just glad to get a real trophy! He wouldn't let me put a picture of it on here because he wants to show everyone in person. The 11yo won both of his games and his team ended up champions of his league! It was very exciting.















Look how mean these 7 year olds are! These kids started the season never having played at all and they had a great season. Flag football at this age is hilarious to watch.


















Here's the championship team for the 11 year olds. They also didn't have a lot of experience when the season started, but they had an amazing coach who taught them a lot. Honestly, I learned a lot about football from watching their practices and games. The first game in the playoffs was against a team that had already beaten them twice. It was a hard fought game, but they pulled ahead toward the end of the game and won! The second game was also very exciting with a lot of long passes being caught, and it stayed close through most of the 2nd half. But the Bulldogs won again! Congratulations, guys!