Rollin with the big boys!

Friday Night High School Football Night! Always a good time in Rockingham County. The high school in our school district is Spotswood High School. Tonight was their Homecoming game and they invited the local pee wee football leagues to come and participate in team introductions prior to game time.

From the point that Ryan's coach, Curtis, told the kids the other night that they could go to the Spotswood game and be introduced before the game, Ryan has been soooooo very excited! Imagine his disappointment when he found out he would not be actually PLAYING on the Spotswood football field :). His team has 10 players on it, but only 5 boys showed up and their coach had to work tonight so an assistant coach from another team stayed with the Packers while they ran out on the field.

In the pictures I have included show all the teams lined up, making an aisle for the Spotswood Trailblazers to run through. As the team ran through this aisle, they high-fived all the kids. Once Ryan realized what was going to happen, he was so excited to see the "big kids" up close. He was clapping with the rest of the group of kids and trying desperately to see around the kids that were standing in front of him.

As he came off of the football field he was smiling from ear to ear. I told him how great it was that he got to high-five the football players and asked if he had a good time. He very excitedly said yes and then said "they scared me." I asked him what they did that scared him. He said "I thought they might step on me." :)

The blurry blue things in this picture are the Spotswood football players. If you click on the picture you can enlarge it to see Ryan's hand extended for a high-five.

The movie is of the actual introduction of Ryan's team.