Dear Peyton Manning,
I think you’re great. I mean…well, truthfully, had I not married into a family full of sports nuts, I probably wouldn’t know who you were. I’d likely have only a passing awareness of your name, but I would not be intimately aware of the details of your life, your big moves (Go Denver! Okay, I totally had to pause to go look that fact up and make sure I was right before hitting publish…) and your familial affinity for the game of football.
But my life involves a whole lot of Sports Center, so I do know these things. I know you’re considered one of the greatest Quarterbacks of all time (at least, I think you are. Actually, I don’t really know all that much at all…) Anyway, my point is this – you’re really good. I know you are. But you might want to watch out, because this kid?
He just could de-throne you.
What’s that?
Who am I?
Oh…I’m just this kid’s Mom.
Note to self - We need to invest in one of those giant tents because the Florida sun is intense.
Yes…I know that makes me partial and that my opinion is completely biased and I seem to have very little true knowledge of the ins and outs of your sport but…
What? Why do I think he’s out to take your spot as one of the greats?
Also need one of those water packs. Brilliant!
Oh, you know…only because he threw four perfectly spiraled passes for four touchdowns in his first football game ever after only three practices, one of which he did mere seconds before being sacked.
Watch your back, Peyton. There’s a new kid in town and he’s got quite the swagger.
Oh and by the way…he also has a little brother who happens to be a sports prodigy so you might want to tell Eli to watch out, too. Today it’s the Manning Brothers but give it twenty years…it just might become the Stuart Brothers.
In my totally and completely biased opinion…
PS – I used to think there was nothing cuter than a little boy in a baseball uniform. I was wrong. Little boys in football uniforms take the cake.
Do you have any budding little athletes in your house?
How fun! Yes you do need one of those canopies! They are not that expensive and then you can “rent” space to the folks who have not yet bought one….and either pay yours off or give the money to Compassion! 🙂
Wow! People rent those things out? I never even thought of that. 🙂
You know what makes me smile more than anything? The fact that this same 9 year old that is “ferocious” on the football field, is the very same child, with the tender heart, that wants to change the world. Boys are such wonderful creatures! 🙂
Ha! You’re right. They are a great dichotomy of tough and tender. 🙂
Watch out! This is so cute.
Honestly, I hope and pray that Mia is an athlete. I love the competition so much, but if she’s not that will be ok (I think). 🙂
She was recreating the women’s gymnastics on TV last night, but I hate to break it to her some day that she’ll probably be a bit tall for that sport.
Haha! Yeah, the odds are stacked high against her being a career gymnast. 🙂
Landon’s face…priceless! He seems to be saying “Watch Out Manning Brothers!” too too cute!
He’s a little goof ball.
I love that tough little brother is holding a cookie!
Yes. He is equal parts tough and squishy. And he still likes to snuggle with his Mama. Good boy…
Until Nerf gun shooting is considered a sport, I have no budding athletes. But hey, if badminton can make it to the Olympics….
It’s only a matter of time…
HE IS SO DARN CUTE!
I KNOW! He’s going to break a lot of hearts…