Flag football

Carter told us about 3-4 months ago that he wanted to play football.  So when we saw the sign up for flag football, we thought this would be the perfect way to introduce him to organized sports.  Matt signed Carter up but also volunteered to be an assistant coach.  Turns out a lot of dads offered to be assistant coaches but none offered to coach.  All it took was an e-mail stating they needed someone to step up or they would have to cancel the season for Matt to volunteer. Twist his arm.  Enter Coach Matt/ Dad.  Turns out they had enough boys sign up that they have 2 teams.  Nolensville Panthers red team and the Nolensville Panthers camo team.  Matt and Carter are on the Red team.

Sunday August 10th was the official draft.  All the kids came out and ran drills and then were placed on teams.  As expected Carter was a little shy to participate but finally toward the end warmed up..just in time for the tryouts to be over. :)  Matt held practice Tuesday and Thursday night and Carter did GREAT!  No shyness and he LOVED every minute!  YAY!!!  Here are a few not so great pictures I took from practice on Thursday night.  The boys are playing sharks and minnows.  The sharks are trying to pull the flags off the minnows and the minnows are trying not to lose their flags.  The boys loved the game.

Carter raising his hand that he is on his spot for the game to begin

Getting ready to start, but wrangling 16 boys is work for these daddies

Carter running from the shark

I took the picture a second too late, wish you could see him trying to keep his mouth guard in with the huge smile on his face

Safe on base

Waiting for the next round to begin