Powder Puff & Homecoming Week

This last week was homecoming at the high school. Rachel was having fun attending the many activities. I asked if she was going to play on the sophomore powder puff football team and she told me no she was just going to watch. Wednesday afternoon she called me to say she was playing powder puff that night at six. The sophomores didn't have enough players for a team and since her friend Courtney's boyfriend was coaching the team, Courtney, Rachel and Katie were recruited to play at the last minute. Which is really funny because Rachel has no idea of what is going on at a football game. She goes to games to visit and hang out. But with 30 minutes of coaching before the game she was ready to play! Roger and I were quite impressed with her aggressiveness. We saw a side to our mild little Rachel we hadn't seen before. She had a lot of playing time and played in both games. In the first game she was able to snag the flags off a senior girl running with the ball and came near to snagging the flags again a couple of other times. They still lost 24 to 0. In the second game they tied the juniors 6 to 6. Rachel had bruises on her shoulders the next day from blocking but she had a lot of fun. Rah Rah Rachel!!!

Rachel, Katie, Courtney & Coach Kelly

They also had dress up themes for each day of the week. Rachel thought some of the themes were kind of lame. I think one day was "Ninja/Pirate Day". What is that? Do you dress up as both or one or the other? Another day was "Grandparent Day". I offered her one of my grandmotherly dusters to wear but she declined. I understood. The one day she wanted to dress up for was "Hippie day". She and her friends tie dyed matching shirts the night before. I thought they turned out pretty "cool". Rachel did have a few boys inquire if she had a date to the homecoming dance on Saturday night but of course she had to advise them of her only being 15 status. She went out to dinner with her dad and mom that night. Oh well, next year.