Football Fever

Yes, I finally gave in and let Robbie sign up for football.  He is playing in the local youth football league and has finally found his calling (much to my chagrin.)  He plays on both offense and defense. The coach is still moving kids around to see where they fit best, but it looks like Rob will play tight end on offense and defensive end on defense.  

I'm sure it will come as NO surprise to anyone to hear that Robbie enjoys plowing through the lines to get to the quarterback... and is successful almost always.  Unfortunately, in this league the quarterback hardly ever passes so by the time Rob gets to the QB, the ball has been handed off to a running back....  

Robbie actually hangs on to his coach's every word... Literally!

1. When his coach told him to "take down" his oponent, Robbie physically picked up the kid in front him (who was taller than Rob), threw him to the floor, and then went after the QB. The kid on the floor was so mad, he got up, ran after Robbie and pushed him from behind.  Robbie (much to my surprise, relief, and pride) did not retaliate, and thus, the play resulted in a penalty for the other team.  :)
   
2. When playing offense, and his coach told him to push the kid in front of him back away from the quarterback, Robbie pushed the kid back about 25 yards before the play ended. The crowd erupted in laughter and cheers and yelled, "Go Robbie!"

Coach told me that he fervently hopes we like football A LOT, because he predicts plenty of it in our family's future.  He says that Robbie listens ("Robbie Yanko?", I asked.  " Yes", he assured me.), follows directions (ditto), and learns fast (with that, at least, I could readily agree!). Below, you see Robbie all in black during a practice scrimmage against another team.  If you look carefully, his right hand is about to strip the football from the oponents arms.  This ultimately resulted in a fumble which Robbie's team recovered. :)

Jack can't wait until he's old enough to play football himself, and is drinking LOTS of milk in hopes of soon growing into Robbie's shoulder pads! LOL!  (I just looove those chunky little legs!)