These are the names of Cassie and Seth's soccer teams. Can you guess who belongs to which team? Today they both had their first games. Cassie's game was the early one, starting at 8:20 a.m. She did great. 
She ran the whole time and got some good kicks, and even almost made a goal once. She plays with 4-6 year olds, and the 6 year olds pretty much dominate. The girls were focused and played the whole time without much fuss. 
The boys on the other hand.......let's just say they needed a lot of encouragement. I think Seth spent as much time on the ground as he spent standing. Every little kick or bump made him fall, and then he would stay down long enough so that everyone would see that he had been injured. I think he has been paying close attention to his dad's games. Men are such babies!
When you watch little kids play you will see that they don't pass. Passing the ball to a team-mate is above their skill level. They all just run after the ball and kick it, but because they are all standing around the ball it doesn't get far unless it get's lucky and passes through someone's legs. I call this kind of soccer "bunch ball", and you will agree when you see this next photo.
A few times Seth broke loose with the ball, which was great considering he is only 4, and because the 6 year old boys were dominating. One time he was even right in front of the goal, and he turned and shot and it just barely rolled into the net. GOOOAAALLL!!!! He turned to us with a big smile and a very proud look on his face. So we jumped and clapped and cheered. Javier and I yelled from the sidelines "Way to go Seth! You're the best!" Then we turned to each other and laughed because neither of us had the heart to tell him it was the wrong goal. Hey, a goal is a goal when you are only 4. These next shot two shots I took before he scored and right after his first auto-goal. Sportsmanship can change in the blink of an eye on the soccer field of 4-6 yr. old Boys.
Here he is walking off the field pouting.
Right after his auto-goal. He thinks he is hot stuff!
With all the injuries, pouting, and wrong goals, I am wondering how we will ever make it through the season! I guess we will just have to take one game at a time.
1 comments:
LOve It!!! You write so well. Your kids are in their element. Bradley was 4 when he played, and he was the one off picking the flowers. It was hard on us parents.
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