backyard football

Stuart bought backyard football for the computer. Seth loves it! He is really catching on to the fundamentals of the game. He gets so absorbed we do not play much. But this morning I desperately needed to evaluate Christmas stuff...the stuff he did not need to see ...so he played. I love this little guy! He is such a mixture of young and old! Perhaps the most thankful child we have...always thanking us for things! Saturday night we were on our way to the Country Christmas performance and Scott and I drove through town looking at the lights with the children. Seth said "Thank you Dad, this is the best day!" From the mouth of babes? It was a "best day"!

This morning, as I came down to watch Seth play I quickly realized he was losing (because he always thinks the blue team is the best) 18 to 0! I said "Seth, you are losing!" He looked at me quickly after passing the ball and replied "Don't worry bout that!" I watched as we whooped and laughed at tackles. At 31 to 0 I commented again about the score, Seth looked up as the other team took control of the ball yet again "You're goin' down!" (big brother talk). And that they did...right down the field and scored. lol! At 51 to 0 Seth was still talking big, only escalating to "TACKLE EM!" At that point I asked if he would like to play something else. He replied smiling said "whoo wee that was fun". That's my guy! I love that about my 5 year old. Easily redirected and ALWAYS positive. Someday he will realize that 51 to 0 is pretty bad odds! Right now, as it should always be, the joy of playing is the ultimate to Seth. Each tackle, each pass ...he is in the moment! Goodness, this is where we should all be....in the moment!

Each moment in life sure does count. Good or Bad! In those bad moments we have the opportunity to sway a negative outcome, and if that moment passes still bad? We tried! The good moments we better eat up! We better live and love those sweet times!!