More Conversations with a 7 Year Old

Sometimes the conversations in this house don't get beyond a one-word answer. And I'm not talking about the kids...

*Scene* Watching the football game last Sunday

Carter: Daddy, I can see those cheerleader's belly buttons

Hubs: Uh... yep.

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Special Delivery...

Someone in my family has a sweet spot for The Boy. I bet not soon after reading last week's post about Carter getting into the memorabilia stash again, did one particular Softy begin to frantically find a solution to The Boy's scrapped football games.

Carter received a special delivery today from the Postman. The sender was incognito, and no note was attached. But we figured we could pinpoint which of the Massachusetts relatives sent the package. How you ask? Because of it's contents. There are no Colts fans in my family that would have paid money for this, even if it was for a sweet 7 year old boy who cannot keep his hands off of his Dad's autographed football. So, it had to be from our Patriots side of the family tree.

Carter was in heaven when he opened his delivery. He immediately ran outside to play with it. Before I could get my camera fired up, he rushed inside, flew upstairs touching maybe 5 steps and fumbled through his closet to find his #4 Adam Vinatieri jersey. He wanted to be a kicker. Because his new gift came with a kicking tee, and one must be in full gear when practicing right?

It was all I could do to contain my giggles, when he finally emerged from his room, wearing the complete ensemble of a Colts player. Helmet, jersey, pants - he was serious about his game. And out he went. I had fun capturing the innocence of his youth, all dressed up and ready to tackle anyone who dared to enter the yard. He spent the next hour being a quarterback, kicker, center and punter. Thankfully, he didn't feel the need to change jersey's each time.

Considering the rivalry between the Colts and Patriots as teams (and my family split down the middle), it's pretty cute to see a kid dressed in one team's gear, playing with the opposing team's ball.






Now if we could just get Peyton Manning to sign his new Patriots ball.... that'd be funny, but then Carter would have to go back to playing with Nerf.



Thanks John & Mary, you made his day!

Are you ready for some football?

We are!

But our TV is not. Ugg. This morning we turned it on and the convergence was all out of skew. The color is whacked, the picture is warped and the repairman doesn't arrive until Monday.

One day past the SEASON OPENER FOR THE COLTS!

Gah!

In OUR NEW STADIUM!

Oh, the humanity!

This is our luck sometimes. We dug into the files and found the receipt for the tv, it's only 5 years old. And nope, no extended warranty left, of course. I had a lot of faith in SONY. They were like the kings of electronics, so I am quite disappointed that this TV has failed us in such a short amount of time. We shudder to think we might need to consider replacing the 47" boob tube - I guess when we get the estimate on Monday, we'll be making a decision. I think we might all go into convulsions if we were without it for very long. It's football season for heaven's sake!

5 years ago this happened to us the night before a major game for the championship against the Patriots. Our other TV crapped out, and we were forced to upgrade at the last minute just in time for game day! So, in spite of the situation, we are kinda laughing at ourselves that we are in the same boat again.

So today I will pay homage to the Indianapolis Colt's new house, Lucas Oil Stadium. It's like a piece of art, really. Massive (63,000 seat stadium can accommodate up to 70,000 fans for other uses). Expensive ($720 Million). State-Of-The-Art (its retractable roof is first ever to divide lengthwise, and the window wall is the largest movable glass wall in the world). It is a beauty, and one of the best places to play football in the country. Certainly the only retractable roof system like it anywhere in the NFL, and it's going to make it's national debut during Sunday night's game at 8:15 pm on NBC.

The guys were invited on a tour of the new stadium a few weeks ago, so I present to you....

(Click photos to enlarge!)

Street view of the stadium....

These windows slide open, and from the inside the fans get a view of the Indianapolis skyline.

Inside field view....

Another inside view, but with the roof open and the end-zone windows open to view the downtown skyline... awesome!

Can't forget a shot of our Superbowl banner!

Carter wearing his team jersey with pride!

Go COLTS!