My Brother, Drew Brees

Now, by the title of my blog entry you might be thinking, "Brother?? Wait...what brother? Is Jessica pregnant?" Of course, the answer is no. If you are an NFL football fan in any way, shape or form, you might be asking, "Wait a second...they aren't related to Drew Brees. What is that fool talkin' about?" Let's break it all down before any more confusion ensues, shall we? First thing you should know is that Alex, my sweet little five year old child, is obsessed with football. He talks about it all the time. The kid can spout off names, numbers and teams better than half the adults I know. It's absolutely mind-boggling. The second thing you should know is that before Alex's obsession, I had absolutely no idea who anyone was in the NFL and could recognize about two of the professional team logos. I knew who the Dolphins were because of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and knew who the Patriots were because my husband would kill me if I didn't. So knowing these two very specific things, you would understand the look of confusion on my face as Alex walks up to me and says, "Hey mom...Drew Brees is my brother!" with a smile from ear to ear. I cocked an eyebrow and stared at him blankly. Yep. That's all I could do. Eventually I found my tongue and muttered, "Brother? Huh? What...who...wait a second...huh??" He then, I kid you not, without so much as a skip of a beat, looked at me and said this: "Drew Brees is the quarterback for the Saints. He's number 9. He's my brother." He then proceeded to smile and run off through the house with his football playing imaginary catch with Drew Brees, his self-proclaimed "brother". This has been going on for weeks now. Still to this day, I have no idea how he came to this conclusion. So if you're looking for an explanation, please let me know if you ever find one. Now keep in mind that on a day to day basis, he learns more and more football stats. Another example of his obsession is as follows. Today he is wearing a green t-shirt and just finished drawing a self-portrait of himself. I said, "That's a nice picture of yourself Alex." To which he replied, "No. I'm Darrelle Revis, mom! See?" I laughed and said okay and he then asked me, "Can you make me brown like Darrelle Revis?" As the light bulb went on over my head about this, I googled Darrelle Revis. I laughed and said, "Oh! You want brown skin because he's black!" He looked at me like I was the dumbest person on Earth and replied, "No. Because he's brown, mom." This is a picture of Alex with two of his hundred drawings of Darrelle Revis:

Let me give you a break down of his drawing.
1. Note the cleverly placed ears in front of the football helmet. Why? So we can see that he has two earrings. Darrelle Revis has earrings.
2. Green. It's all green. Darrelle Revis plays for the Jets...who are green.
3. He's holding a football because he's the corner-back.
4. If you zoom in you'll note that his face is a shade of brown. Darrelle Revis is african american...or 'brown' according to Alex.
5. His name is Revis and his number is 24. (Alex has trouble making the two. It's always backwards.)

So, in conclusion, thanks to my son, I know that Darrelle Revis is the number 24 Cornerback for the New York Jets. He's "brown" and has two earrings and he's "The best player ever!!" Alex's words. And just so you aren't confused...

This is who Alex thinks he is - Darrelle Revis:

And this is his brother - Drew Brees: