"dodgeball"....

just hearing the word brings up visions of the movie with vince vaughn and ben stiller. 

austen had his second annual gbwms (grand blanc west middle school) dodgeball tournament last night. 

 i did manage to embarrass him in front of his friends by asking him if he wanted his bottled water...(?)

and then again, when i asked them to pose for a team picture...

at least i'm keeping up on my parenting skills... :D

anyway,

since when did they replace those red rubber balls with nerf balls???

there is just something about the sound of the ball thwacking off of someone's forehead during the game...alas, the times they are a-changing and rubber balls might leave a mark on the little darlings as they ping off of their heads.  

it just wasn't the same...the balls barely made it over the center line they were so light 

seriously, look how small some of the balls were.  

i digress....
they had a lot of fun and actually came in second place.  

this picture was after one of their earlier wins....austen wasn't too happy about coming in second and he barely cracked a smile on the way out of the gym.

but it wasn't anything a frosty from wendy's on the way home couldn't fix...