Paper Footballs

Months ago, Matt and I were eating at a restaurant and he made a maroon paper football out of the paper ring that had been holding the napkin together. He wrote "I love you" on it, and gave it to me as a gift. 

I can't remember how it started, but eventually we took turns hiding the football in various places around the house for the other person to find. Here's where I found it this morning: 

A second football came to be because we thought the first one had been lost when Matt sneakily hid it in the hood of my sweater. I had set the sweater down in various places and by the time he told me where he hid it, the football was gone. So he made me a new one (see the white football below- his name is on one side and mine is on the other). Come to find out, the original football was hiding in the cushions of the couch. So now we have two. 

Sometimes we forget who's hidden the football or where we hid it, so it may go a week before it's discovered. However, Matt usually finds them the quickest because when I remember where I hid the football (which is usually when I pass the hiding place) I'll ask, "Did you find the football?" 

I realize that of course he hasn't, or it wouldn't still be in the hiding spot. However, what I really mean by the question is, "This is a reminder it's your turn to find the football." Naturally, Matt has picked up on the fact that when I ask, the football is usually nearby and it only takes him a few seconds to find it. So I need to think of a new strategy.

We'll see if he found where I hid the footballs today. I'm doing my best not to ask him so I don't give it away.

Rhetorically,
Rebekah