Adams Family Album: Brighton Wrestling Tourney

Ah, wrestling! First, let us dispense with the crappy stuff that happened. First, Jax had a bye his 1st round, which makes for a REALLY long day. We were there for almost 2 hours before Jax got to wrestle. They were awarding medals in some of the other groups before he ever wrestled! Second, I found a good seat and then a nice but annoying lady with a really annoying grandson came and sat next to me. Before Jax had ever wrestled she had us slid clear over next to another guy and there was nowhere for Jax to sit, he sat at my feet. I was sitting on the aisle at the top of the bleachers, right where the balcony seating was, so, OF COURSE, the grandson and a bunch of other kids were climbing the railing to get up....and down....and up...and down...I cannot count the number of times I was kicked in the head, shoulders, had my fingers stepped on.....Anywho, the very worst part of the day came when we were waiting for the boys to be awarded their medals. Evidently, we had the CRAPPIEST mat. They were incredibly slow getting matches started (obviously), we were way behind all the others and THEN when they had awarded almost every other group medals, one of the moms from our group asked the head table when it was going to be our turn for medals. WELL, the kids working our table didn't circle anything on the bout sheets, didn't write down scores, didn't add up anything or assign winners. So, one of the guys from the head table came over to us and asked if we, the parents, knew if our kids had won, lost, how many points they scored....needless to say, there was much eyerolling!

Jax wrestled hard but got pinned both times. He's so funny! After his second match, he says to me, just matter of fact as you please, "Mom, I suck." I was laughing on the inside, but reassured him that he didn't suck, he just needed more practice. I think it was hard for him to get focused and motivated for that 1st match after having to wait so long to wrestle. But he had a great time and we both got to be better friends with Isaac and his parents :) Luckily, he's not discouraged AT ALL. It just rolls off him and he's ready to go again. He's done with practices and now we just have three matches to go and he's done. He's having such a good time though!

The good stuff is below. Cliched though it is, a picture is worth a thousand words and the bottom photo is worth a million. Because that is what it's all about: learning, sportsmanship, FRIENDSHIP and fun.

I have the best kids ever!