1. Ella usually falls asleep with the sitter before kick off or right after. Kick off is at 7:30.
2. Lukella are more interested in running up and down the stairs of the stadium than watch football. They don't care about football. I do :)
3. I am the Water Girl and there is no way I am chasing Ella around on the sideline the whole game telling her to sit still and not run out onto the field ;)
That's all!
For this game I was ready for a CAL t-shirt but I wanted a super cute one! And NOT a blue one. We are that yucky UK blue and pretty UofL red. I came across www.sparklemoms.com. Ahhh SPARKLES! Just what a W.G. needs to feel special. I put my order in a few weeks before game #2 and my Mom and Jeri Ann made it happen! Yall are awesome!
I got to the game in my football gear and new t-shirt. Another great night for football! Gosh, I just LOVE Louisville weather. Amazing! Some of the things people said to me before the game:
"Love your shirt! So sparkly and cute!". Thanks lady!
"Do you have any kids on the team." High School Asst. Trainer.
Me: "Yes, I do have kids...AT HOME!" I was thinking of saying "I'm not 40...I'm 30!".
Then, a little cute lady that works with Stefan started running toward me by my water station...talking super fast:
"Me and all of my friends were wondering who that cute little teenage W.G. was! We didn't realize it was the Coach's wife. I met Stefan. You have 4 kids right?"
Me: "Nooooo! We have 2!". But thanks for thinking I was a teenager =)
100 mph lady, "Ohhh that's right! He said you wanted more! You want more right? Like 4? He said 4!"
I couldn't get a word in because she was so excited I wanted 4 kids! Did Stefan really tell her this? No way! I couldn't tell her she was wrong so I just smiled and nodded while my stomach turned. People: we are good with TWO!!!
As I got the water and Gatorade ready to go I looked up and saw a cute, feisty 10 year old girl who was ready to help me. And she told me she was willing to run out on the field during time-outs. Awesome! She was our Offensive Coordinators daughter. And at this point I had NO idea how much she would make me laugh. Now being a W.G. is pretty serious stuff. No chatting with players. Go about your water business and zip it. Although I have to say most of these players are so polite and tell me "Thank You" a lot. After I told W.G. 2 the rules she was good to go. The first player to approach her was greeted with this:
"We gonna win the game right?". She was holding onto the water bottle until he answered.
"That's the plan!" said the player reaching for the water bottle. Then she gave him the water. She was copying the cheerleaders and dancing like crazy. Yelling at the players "Don't be SAD be GLAD!" "Come on boyyysss!! Yall can do it!". Oh yeah, I could not help but laugh. She was too cute to remind her of the rules. The game was a close game...again. During this game Coach wasn't as feisty. After the first game I told him he might of wanted to simmer down a little. And he did. So I guess he does take advice from his W.G. after all. He was a lot more calm than game #1. Like I said another close game. But this time we lost. As I watched the Coach run off the field with his team to the locker room, I was wishing I was running with them. Always curious what will be said after a win or a loss. I know I know...I'm one nosy W.G. But I knew I could always ask what was said when he got home. One advantage to being married to the Head Coach ;) I had a water station to clean up anyways.
As I was waiting outside for the Coach I was approached by a players Father. He was telling me that his son is so tight and has a slight case of scoliosis. He wants me to work with him in the off season. This brought a huge smile to my face. When I first began my journey as a Pilates Instructor I had no idea how beneficial it was for people. It is not just a work out for Mom's who just had babies. So when I started I realized how bad athletes needed to be doing Pilates. One of my goals with becoming certified was to work with athletes. Now it looks like I will be working with some football players in the off season and I am so excited. Since I had to do a 45 hour project with Coach before getting certified he saw first hand how awesome Pilates is. He just wishes he had been doing it his whole football career. Since the Coach is sold that is great for me!
After the loss. So sad. But isn't my shirt so cute?!? BTW the first game I wore the visor with a pony tail. This game I decided to wear my hair down. I thought it was the visor that was bad luck so I ditched it for game #3! Now I realize it is not the visor...I need the visor with the pony tail! Coach was right all along! He told me to stay the way I was from Game #1 but I didn't listen. Next game it is back to the way things were. Sorry, I told yall I was superstitious ;)
How cute is this pic!?! I took it at CAL's JV game the week of game #3! Lukella loved standing on the sidelines by their Daddy! I have to say it did make me a tad bit nervous. See, even though they don't get to enjoy Friday night games they are around football a lot! So, don't feel bad ;)
Since I am giving you the view of the game through the eyes of just me...the W.G.....here is a link to all of the stats of the game:
http://scoreboard.12dt.com/scoreboard/khsaa/kyfb11/stats_35056_8453
Lots of Love,
The Le4s
P.S. I am still working on my sister to join me in on doing a duo blog. It would be called "Hope & Joy"...Confessions of an Inner City Pastor's Wife/Confessions of a Head Coach's Wife & Water Girl. I LOVE her stories and think yall would too!!!!
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