Thomas enjoyed the first session of soccer so much that we signed him up for the second round as well. Henry started tumbling again as well, so the week nights have been a little bit stressful. But I did remember to pack the camera for Thomas' final soccer game!
The first session had eight teams for the 4/5 year olds, but second session had only two. Thomas didn't seem to mind playing the same team every week and he got to switch to the blue team. For the record, the red team had a much better supplier for socks. The blue socks were the bane of my existence every time I had to get him dressed. (And I *could* have bought new ones, but since Sports Authority went out of business, we pretty much lost our only sports supplier in town!)
Of course, the last game had to feature rain. We may not have been the best soccer parents and skipped several games when it was raining too hard. The league plays rain or shine, but we figured our four year old didn't need to know that. But since it was his last game, we made him go. He was obviously super thrilled about that...
Oh and our coach had to bow out a few games ago because she had a baby! The first time she was missing, no one was helping the kids, so I tried to coach them based on what I remember her doing and I was awful! According to the super helpful kids, I wasn't telling them what to do well enough and my own kid kept running off to the playground. I was so grateful when another dad showed up and saved me.
I am many things - soccer coach I am not.
Thomas finally got into playing once he realized the rain wasn't holding anyone else back.
Henry wants so badly to be playing with the big kids that he tries to help Thomas get his ball every time it goes out of bounds. Thomas doesn't seem to appreciate the help...
It's hard being the younger sibling, Henry. You have all of my sympathies!
Line up for the last game! It looks like Thomas is the only one standing at attention. Matt can probably take credit for that. :)
The chaos of little kids chasing the ball hasn't really changed much from the first session. Thomas does great at keeping up with the pack and he does a little bit better when he has the ball to actually kick is most of the time. Woo - progress!
Henry of course, hates sitting on the sidelines. Usually we go play at the playground next to the field, but since everything was soaked I didn't think that was a good idea today. So we went exploring to find the moose statue at the front of the school. Since we had just seen the moose in the yard, he was even more excited about them. He kept giving them hugs and tried to kiss them (I did intervene on that one!).
Other than being a logistical pain some nights, it was a great soccer season this year and hopefully we can get both kids playing next year! Go soccer!