I remember those days.....actually miss it!! They grow up way too fast so, take it all in & try to enjoy it ALL.
Talk about wrestling........my 6 yr old grandson started wrestling last year. I know NOTHING about wrestling but, trying to learn. He actually won the state championship about a month ago. Sad thing is, this NaNa closed her eyes through most of it...LOL He's really good & loves it so, I guess I'll have to get used to it....LOL.
Mine started wrestling at 5 & 8. It really is hard to watch sometimes. My just turned 9 yr old took 2nd in state last year and was set to rock it this year, because the only kid who'd beat him last year moved up to 10u. Then he broke his leg warming up at the 2nd tournament of the year and missed 95% of the season. It was a freak accident that would never happen during the course of a match, where a 14 yr old fell on his outstretched leg from behind and snapped his tibia. He got cleared to wrestle again 2 days before districts, and had sort of practiced like 6 times after he got his boot off, but before he was fully cleared and took 1st place. Took 1st in regionals, and made it to state, but didn't place. He was really upset about it, but I told him it was pretty impressive to make it at all considering he only wrestled 2 matches all season prior to districts. I have never been so scared to watch him tho as his 1st match back. I was trying to record, but my hands were shaking so much it's blurry lol. After 4 years, I sort of understand folkstyle wrestling, which is what they do in youth club Nov-March. Then it rolls into Freestyle wrestling, which my kids have never done until this year. Kid 2 wanted to wrestle thru the year to make up for his missed season because he'll be in 10U instead of 8U next season and that is a whole different ballgame. I know NOTHING about Freestyle wrestling. We've been practicing with a different club bc our club doesn't do freestyle and it's been interesting. This club is coached by former NCAA title holding wrestlers and has produced Olympic medalists, vs or youth club coached by dads who used to wrestle and it has been eye opening for sure. Freestyle is a much faster pace and different scoring and rules. Like when your grandson wrestles, a pin is 2 seconds (ish depending on the ref lol) of shoulders to the mat, and you get back points if you hold them to the mat but it's not fully on the mat for a pin. But you have to hold them to the mat in some way for back points. You get 2 points for a reversal, if you are on bottom and get out and on top and gain control. When you are on bottom, the goal is to escape or reverse and gain control. So if they are in their base (hands and knees) and stand up and escape, thats 1 point. if they get taken down but then manage to get out and gain control, thats 2 points. In freestyle, every time you expose your opponents back to the mat you get 2 points. It doesn't even have to touch the mat, if you roll them and their back faces the mat, you get points. Its crazy to watch bc literally, they just roll and its points. The best way I can describe it is you know when you watch kids roll fast down a hill? That type of rolling where the back just barely touches gets points, and a pin is 1 second. When you are on bottom in freestyle your only goal is to not get turned so you lay there sort of like a T. That is the extent of my knowledge of freestyle lol.
I was not prepared for the emotions in wrestling. Idk if you noticed it, but there is a lot of crying in wrestling. Even for the older kids. I guess because it is an individual sport vs a team sport maybe? In football, my kid can say this person didn't block for me, or it was a bad throw, or whatever. In wrestling it's just him and his opponent and if he wins or loses it's on him (and sometimes the ref when they miss stuff or make crappy calls lol) That is actually one of the things I like best about wrestling for both of my kids. They are accountable for their wins or losses and it teaches them to control their emotions (mostly). No matter how the match ends you have to shake your opponents hand and their coaches and if you refuse you can be disqualified. I cannot tell you the number of times I have seen kids mad that they lost and throw their head gear and stomp off or throw themselves down and throw a fit and refuse to shake anyones hand. I've seen plently of coaches (lots of dads) go out and pick their kids up off the mat and hold their hands out and force them to shake lol. At state there was one boy, 7 or 8 who lost and threw his head gear down and took off running off the mat, under the rails and out of the arena. His dad took off after him and hopped over the railing like a track star and snatched him up and drug him back out there screaming and crying lol. One of the boys kid 2 wrestles starts screaming and yelling when he's getting pinned for the other kid to stop lol.
Honestly, before I had kids, I never ever would have imagined myself being this sports mom type lol. It started with flag football, because we are a big football family. Heck we got married at a football stadium (Go Broncos!!) I was prepared for taking my kids to football practices and cheering from the stands. I was not prepared to be on the board for the youth league and to be a cowbell mom lol. But here I am
And I def was NOT prepared to be a wrestling mom. When a friend of mine tried to talk me into it I was like, "nah, thats too long of a season". But then it occurred to me that I could take BOTH of my boys to the same place at the same time 2-3 nights a week and they could fight with other kids and not each other, I said "HECK YEAH!!" And now 4 years later, I'm a club mom and got my coaches card and take my kids to tournaments on our own and I actually kind of like it.
Just 39 Days til the meetup! 
We normally eat a early dinner on meetup days as well so that we don't need much except a drink before the meetup. Sometimes we'll grab a quick snack, but it just depends. I am not a big eater when it's hot, so sometimes we will just share a meal. My kids can eat all day sometimes too, and I am like dude, food is expensive! lol drink more water 
