Wrestling 101

Monday nights will never be the same for our little monkey boy, Conner has had his first introduction to the world of wrestling! So while Brie & Mommy ran on the track, Daddy & Conner were downstairs in the wrestling room. Daddy signed him up months ago & had many long conversations to prepare him, some went like this: "on some occasions you might get smacked down hard & it will hurt" "you aren't going to win all the time & might loose more than you win, it's okay, you're learning" "there will probably be a lot of kids there bigger than you, so being quick is important" "end up on your back get up & wiggle outta there" all kinds of advice. Not sure why we were so worried he'd end up a crying mess, because he most certainly did not!

Conner's buds Nick, Antone, Carson, and many others from preschool/kindergarten were also there. Imagine a wrestling room with a huge mat as a floor with tons of circles, the walls are lined with parents while each circle is occupied by pair of little kindergarten boys super eager to expel enormous amounts of energy by finally taking each other down. I guess at that age it's what every boy wants to do at the play ground in school but is forbidden to. Here they get to do it & not get in trouble! That just might give you a glimpse of how excited these little guys were to be there! The high school wrestlers & coach did an awesome job at showing what it's all about - yep, Conner is hooked! Never saw him so attentive! Should have seen this coming, he's small but quick, he can scamper up a wall if he was allowed to. Remember the basketball pole episode at LBBC anyone, the clues were right there & blaringly obvious!

Conner paired up with his buddy Antone and when instructions for different drills ensued Conner obediently followed, while his buddy on the other hand had only one goal, take down as many fellow wrestlers as he could! No one was safe, if you were upright, you were a target. At first it was hysterical to watch, each time he took out Conner they both fell into a heap laughing, glad it wasn't tears. Daddy was about ready to tackle little Antone himself by the end of the session however, I guess maybe someone should suggest football for that little man, cuz he's mastered tackling!

Walking out with Nick & his Mom, we both marvelled at the two boys jumping all over the place, we were quite puzzled by the fact that they weren't completely wore out!

Conner in the car on the way home spoke up quite loudly "Mommy, I'm just SWEATING!" like he was surprised somehow by this? After a bath & being properly tucked in to bed our little wrestling machine didn't even make it to the first page of the book, out cold!

Update - the next morning at breakfast he was crestfallen to hear that he has to wait 6 more days till he gets to go again, one night a week just isn't enough apparently! So amazing to see the excitement he has for this, will post photos & short clip next time! Daddy is very excited to take you on this new adventure and we're all going to be there on the sidelines to cheer you on!!!!!