We love watching NFL football games on television. The children know most of the rules to playing football from watching these games. But they’ve never been to a live game to watch it in person.
Since Charlestown High School was in the sectional tournament at home, and we didn’t have a soap show scheduled, we decided to take the children to the game.
The children were enthralled and so excited to be there. But they also said some really funny things.
Hewitt“>Hewitt loved watching the football game, but it was really funny when he left the bleachers, walked down, and stood for a good 10 minutes just staring at the cheerleaders. Isn’t he a bit young to be fascinated with cheerleaders?:
The boys were totally enthralled with the game and were concentrating very hard. At one point in the game, one of our players was injured badly enough that he had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital. The boys were all contemplating ways of “paying back” that bad guy (ok, that was 
I love this shot of Hewitt watching a pass:
Indigo went to the bathroom at half time and came back and announced to me with wonder in her voice, “Mom! Cheerleaders have to go to the bathroom too!”
The girls had a very good time for the first half of the game. But by the second half, they were ready to go home:
Jim and I were so glad that we took them to the game. We had so much fun and the children really enjoyed cheering for the team. Here’s a great video summing up some of their enthusiasm (and consternation with Mom videoing them):
The children keep asking when we can go to another game. They’re wondering how they can get Colts’ tickets for ten.
