Friday Night Lights Report!

I know you've all been waiting for the cheer

report for the first Friday Nights football game, haven't you???

YES!

It happened last Friday and it was not only the first home

football game, but it was also Homecoming!

The freshie cheerleaders cheered along with the JV and Varsity

for the first half of the game!

Can I be the first to report

they were . . . 

Fabulous! Adorable! Spirited! Incredibly Cute!

I'm not biased, at all! :)

Back row - 2nd from left

Prior to the game, the school had a "tailgate" 

(sorry, no beer or alcohol, of course!)

with  food and bouncy houses and cotton candy

for littler fans!

My sons and Philip's family both came to the game and my 

cousin's daughter did too!  

She recently moved to our fair city after she graduated

from law school and is clerking

for the Supreme Court Justice.  

We are so happy to get to know her better!

So, cheering at various sports has started!

This week she's cheering at softball and volleyball; next week tennis and football!

Miss M has a very busy schedule as does her driver!  

It's all good -- we are having so much fun!

GO BOLTS!

P.S.  The Bolts won that first home game - 31-13!

Sports and Me!

Last night, Maddy and I went out to dinner with our friends, Mei and her mom. We were chatting a bit about school starting soon and the various sports and activities that begin in the fall: soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, dance, etc. Mei loves sports -- she's doing it all -- or as much of it as she can talk her mom into signing up for on the dotted line! When Mei asked Maddy, what sports she's doing -- Maddy responded, "None - I don't like sports!" Aackkk -- what have I done?? Do I have a little couch potato on my hands? Have I turned her into a mini-me?!!! Yep, you guessed it -- I am not very athletic. Oh yeah, I go to the Y nearly every day over my lunch hour, but that is really so that I can eat more chocolate -- not because I really enjoy it and using a treadmill or elliptical is hardly athletic.

I tried some sports in junior high and high school -- softball -- that was the worst!! I remember it like it was yesterday . . . I was the girl that everyone knew was an automatic out every time up at bat. I could not hit that ball to save my life. Really, I think I played a whole season without getting a single hit! It was excruciating!! I cringe even now thinking about it! Then, I tried track -- surely I could run -- everyone can run, right! Yeah sure, and somebody's gotta be last -- but did it always have to be me??? No, track was not my sport, either. How about tennis? I tried that so I could play with the Mr. and the boys. I LOVED the outfits, but could not get my serve in to save my life. Are you noticing a pattern here?? I guess the moral of the story is that I tried. And I still exercise and so that's the important thing. It's ok to not excel in sports. Somebody has to be there cheering the real athletes on, right. There we go -- that's my talent -- I'm a really, really good spectator!

Maddy does like tumbling and gymnastics, so we'll give that a try again. And I'm signing her up for a little theater class called "The Teddy Bear Picnic" with the hope that it will help her to speak louder and give her confidence a boost. Since there's a Teddy Bear involved, I think she'll like it. In the meantime, we will do the everyday sports of walking, running, jumping and encourage her to exercise, try new things and have fun. After all, that's what being an athlete at her age is all about.