Today was opening day for the Manassas Park Youth Football League (MPYFL) and the twins also had their first game! Here are some pics of them at opening day...
Josh is third from the front and Jack is the blondie back by the coach...
I knew once we got to the field for the game that they'd have to run out with their team for warm ups so I grabbed some pics before we left...
Parker and I in our Steelers "spirit wear"...
This is warm ups (hence no helmets) which is as far as Jack ever got (more on that later)...
If you look close enough you can see that Jackson is BAWLING...
He hurt his hand...
Joshy on the sidelines...
Halftime snacktime...
Josh looks so small out there (he's in between 43 and 58), he's the second littlest on the team. He played safety and defensive line...
Where is Tyce? He made a new friend, "Spike" (who's real name is Bryce but Tyce insists on calling him Spike, hahaha) and they played the entire time. Bryce's mom is the EMT for the league so she's there for all the games and practices. They play SO cute together...
After the game the boys thought it was so cool to run under the tunnel that the fans made...
The Steelers won 26-0 and did awesome! Josh is still learning the game, it's only his first year, but we see a lot of potential in him. I love football and love watching my kids play!!!
Back to Jackson...about two weeks ago at practice someone tackled Jackson and the helmet hit Jackson's arm/wrist. I remember seeing it happen and he came to the sidelines bawling holding his arm. I told him it was probably just a bruise, let him sit out for a few minutes, then sent him back in. Since then he's been favoring it and I can tell it's been bothering him but, again, I still thought it was just a bruise. Well at the game today during warm ups he fell and hurt the other side of his arm, like under his thumb. It was a little swollen and red. After the EMT looked at him she decided to pull him from the game. Looking at his arms and wrists we noticed that his right arm was swollen on the side, like a bow shape. I decided to bring him in to urgent care to make sure he was ok to play next week. Well, as soon as the doctor saw him arm and the x-ray she was like..."oh yes, his arm is broken!" It has been broken for about two weeks (yes, I deserve the worst mom award for that one). The thumb that he hurt today is a minor sprain. So for now he is in a splint...
And will get it casted as soon as we can get into an orthopedic surgeon, which will hopefully be next week. We decided to take them out to IHOP for dinner because it's Jackson's favorite restaurant. Here he is writing with his left hand, poor guy breaks his right hand right when school starts!!
Poor Jackson, I said to my friend Kim at the beginning of football season..."if anyone on the team is going to get hurt, it will be my Jack." He just seems to have bad luck. He is, obvioulsy, very tough though considering he functioned and played football for two weeks with a broken arm!!! I'm dreading the cast for the next two to six weeks, but hopefully Jackson thinks it's cool.
Well here's to hoping no more injuries this season! Jack will still come to practice with Josh, he can run with the team and learn the game so that when the cast is off he can play in the last few games. GO STEELERS!!!
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