Ahh!! Football

John is playing football for the first time. He really did not want to play, but I thought it would be good for him. He kind of needed some roughing up and learning how to be a boy. He was not to happy at first, but after the first practice he decided that he loves it.
Here is John in his practice jersey. He practices two nights a week for an hour and a half. After the first full week of football he came home really sore, but with a huge smile on his face as he was telling me all about the fun things they do at football practice. He loves doing the drills.
Here is John at his first game, he is number 25. He is a striper and for those of you that don't know what that means he is a defense man. They classify you by your weight and he made the weight requirement by one pound. He plays right guard.
For those of you that don't know John that well, he is the most kind hearted, gentle boy that I have ever known. For about the first two weeks of football he would apologize every time he tackled someone. He now thinks that it is great that he can go out there and tackle someone and take out some of his frustrations and not get in trouble for it, he actually gets told good job. I believe that football is quickly becoming one of his favorite sports.