Underhanded Footballl Is Not a Crime

Yesterday after work, I picked up the kids at school and we headed for the house. Once home the kids dropped their packs on the floor and we all went outside.

This is where things get wierd. All of a sudden, Jordan is holding football. I didn't even realize he had a football. And he wants to play. Tackle, Flag, NLF, what? Hmmm. Where did that come from. So we head out onto the field, which I had never noticed before either. The field is actually our driveway and some inventive youngster has chalked off the ..30, 40, 50, 40, 30 yard lines. Well fortunately he just wanted to toss the ball. Unfortunately I can't throw overhanded more than about 10 feet, so I was throwing underhanded. Have you ever seen anyone throw a football underhanded. Jordan must have been impressed with my style because he started throwing that way also. I encourage him to throw the normal way, because only a dinosaur with bad shoulders would throw a football underhanded.

Where did this football idea come from? Is it due to the weather. I do often hear this weather referred to as football weather. Perhaps it is genetic. Ginger is a real Auburn Football fan. Perhaps it is just a nasty virus he brought home from school. If so it should clear up in a few days.

Eventually Brianna decided to join us. She wanted to play center. Hike! Hike! The game quickly altered form and eventually became "Monkey in the Middle". I knew this game as "Keep Away", though the kids do a pretty good impersonation of a yellow haired monkey in the yard. And eventually the football was replaced with a Scooby-Doo dodge ball. This was Brianna's idea.

And skateboarding is not a crime either.