Friday Football Fun

Last night the CCFL Chatham Titans had a football game against the Springfield Steelers out at Community Park; their first home game! The day started with Kaiden coming to me yesterday morning yelling "Mom! Mom! I get to wear my football jersey to school today!! Coach said!" For a split second I was back in high school on game day thinking how cool those guys looked in their jerseys! I couldn't wait to see him head off to school in his! Kevin, being a football player for Lanphier, thought it was neat too and told him how he got to do the same thing on game day..


We were to be out at the field by 5:00 so we had to hustle after school but we made it. They were just getting the concession stand open and the smell of freshly popped popcorn wafted through the air. They lit up the big score board and set the clock to count down to game time. 49:00. Plenty of time for setting up the field and getting the team warmed up. With 15 minutes left we were wondering where the Steelers were! Shouldn't they be here by now? Finally they started trickling onto the field and by game time it looked like their whole team had arrived. Hmmm.. no warming up? That's a little odd! Turns out they didn't need to warm up!

Kaiden plays a couple of different positions for offense. He's either a tight end, linebacker or, at least in practice, running back. Last night he was on the kicking team subbing for a team mate who was out of town. He played the entire first half for the kicking team and tight end. He was having a lot of fun out there and made his first tackle in a game! Yeah for him! The second half he rotated in for tight end. We ended up loosing the game (by a lot!) but that's alright.. Springfield teams have a reputation for being really good! And now our record is 1-1.

I was mostly taking video last night, but did take one picture. Kaiden is one of the red helmets!