Physicals

We are attempting football for the first time. To do so, we have to get our first round of physicals. Caden is so excited to play!! He cannot stop telling me everything that he wants to do and be. Caden and I were heading over to pick Carter up to go with us. I could tell that he was very nervous. When Caden is nervous, he laughs and chews his finger nails without even knowing it. He was in major anxiety mode! He told me that he was really nervous that he might not pass the physical and wouldn't be able to play football. Me, being the rock star mom that I am, asked him if he could jump high enough. He looked at me all wide eyed and asked how high that was. I told him that I had never played football, I didn't know. I then asked him if he could stand on his head. Still total wide eyed, he asked why he needed to do that, in complete panic mode. He told me that he couldn't but that he shouldn't have to. We got to get Carter at about this time in the conversation. Carter jumped in the car and Caden immediately asked Carter if he could stand on his head, or he wasn't going to be able to pass the physical to play football. Carter looks at me in the mirror with a little panic in him and says, with or without my hands?! I can stand on my head with my hands. I was laughing so hard inside. It was taking everything I had not to bust out laughing. Caden was asking Carter all the questions I had asked him. Carter was asking me if he had to pass all these things. I told him that I didn't know, I had never played football. Caden, totally panicked, asked if we could call dad. I called him up and put him on speaker phone. The boys were asking how long they needed to stand on their heads, with or without hands, how high they had to jump, etc. Chet went along with it, and they were dying. I took him off speaker phone and Chet said, "You are SO mean! I cannot believe you!" I love that Chet went along with it with me though. I told the dr the same things when we went in and she even played along. Oh my goodness it was cute. Caden was SOOOOO relieved that he could pass everything, and got cleared to play football! Every once and a while, you gotta have a little fun.