A Change of Seasons

Football rolled right into basketball for Coleman. They lost in the first round of the play-offs and he started basketball practice 2 days later. Overall I think it ended up being a good first season. He has been asking (actually begging) us to play "tackle" football for at least 3 years. You never know if something you've wanted so badly is going to turn out as good as you had imagined. I am sure he never felt quite good enough (in Dad's eyes) but also like a superstar (in Mom's eyes) at the same time.

I learned a few things myself:

1. It is not easy putting on the football uniform (I wonder if they let mom into junior high dressing room to help?)




2. I will never make any money as a videographer.

3. Grown men really do fight at junior league sporting events (we actually saw this happen at one of his games).

4. It is much easier to watch your son tackle someone than be tackled.




5. Chad and I will probably have many "spirited discussions" throughout Coleman's sports career.

6. It is a good thing I enjoy watching football because I will be spending many hours over the next 6 to 10 years watching at least one of their teams play. I still haven't figured out if it will be a good thing or a bad thing if they are on the same sideline.

7. I love watching my son play!!

Get ready to hear about the Pearland Magic!!

Play-Off Bound

The Patriots have ended their regular season with a 5 - 4 record which is apparently good enough to make it to the play-offs. Yes, I know it seems like one of the longest youth league football seasons on record. At least it does for mom's taxi service going to practice 3 nights a week. Although I posted a couple of weeks ago that they were in a do or die situation and unfortunately died they are still playing. I don't know how it all worked out but Coleman is super excited. They beat a pretty good team this week to advance. From what I understand they must win to keep going and their goal is the Super Bowl!! The clip is a catch and run that Coleman made in their last regular season game. Don't worry, I am not quitting my day job to pursue a career on the film crew. It is hard for me to video especially when Coleman does something good - my excitement gets the best of me.

Man Can't Live by Sports Alone

Coleman chose band as his elective this year and is learning to play the trumpet. When he told Chad and I that he wanted to do this we both thought it might end up being a bad idea. I guess our biggest concern was that he would not want to spend the time practicing. The band directors have high standards and require the students to practice 210 minutes each week to receive an A in the class. We weren't sure how this would stack up against homework, football practice, and video games. We have happily been proved wrong. Coleman readily keeps up with his own practice times and never complains about having to play his horn. To say he has advanced drastically since school started is an understatement. In the beginning, the practices were painful for the audience (i.e. mom and dad). Then one day he belted out a tune I could actually recognize. We are really impressed! Fortunately, we have an expert tutor in Chad's Uncle Walter who is a former first chair trumpet player for the Longhorn Band. In the video clip you will hear Little Boy Blue (Chad's nickname for him) playing Mary Had a Little Lamb. And I have to tell you folks, he is pretty darn good. This performance catapulted him from 8th to 1st chair, and he would not have been more excited if he would have scored a touchdown!!



Little Boy Blue

Sad day in Dennisville

They say things come and threes and it seems as if that was true for us this week. This was not a good football week for the Dennis household. It started with an embarrassing defeat for the Cougars on national television against a very average Marshall team. That plane ride from Huntington, West Virginia back to Houston must have been a fun one. Then on Saturday morning Coleman's Patriots got beat which we thought would keep them out of play off contention. However, there is still a chance for them if they win their final game this coming Saturday. The team they are playing is supposed to be pretty good so they'll have to be hitting on all cylinders to make it happen. The third and final blow came when Coleman's favorite team of all time, the Texas Longhorns, failed to win after making a great comeback against Texas Tech. Last night it seemed as if the world was going to end (at least if you listened to Coleman) but this morning all is well and we are ready for a new week. I'm glad he doesn't brew too long over this stuff. Not enough time to spend looking back...