Jay and Rose are on the same soccer team this year! We signed them up for the same soccer program as Jay did last year—the Kids First Soccer program at the local Church of the Nazarene. Since Jay is still 5 and Rose is 4, they are in the same age group. Having both of them on the same team makes viewing games and practices quite easy for us parents. Their six week season is half over already, and I’m finally getting around to posting a few pictures of the running, kicking, and playing they’ve been doing every Tuesday and Wednesday evening. I love this league because it’s only $15 per kid and it’s not a huge commitment—it’s just long enough to stay fun, and then it ends.
It’s interesting how the kids’ personalities show up when they are on the soccer field. Jay is very analytical—instead of jumping in the fray and getting caught in a jumble of kids, he looks at where the ball is and then estimates where it will be kicked next. Then he runs to that spot and waits for it. The great thing is, he’s impressively accurate with his ball-location-forecasting and he steals the ball a lot!
Rose is still a tad timid and oblivious out on the field, kind of like Jay was last year. She’s just as likely to stop and play in a patch of dirt as she is to follow the action and try to kick the ball. But she feels special and happy to be playing soccer like Jay and with him, so she’s having a good time. I love her toothpick legs—the shin guards make her calves thicker than her thighs!
Amber is patient for the most part, sitting on the sidelines in the stroller. As long as her spacey mother remembers to bring the binky, that is. One dreadful evening, I forgot it and Amber cried inconsolably for the last 20 minutes of practice. I was so frazzled and exhausted when we got home! Between 5:30-6:30pm is a bad time to take a baby out and about because it’s dinner time and she’s tired from the day. The binky gets us through, when we have it.
The first day of practice was WINDY: 30 mph gusts. We all froze!
Who can resist a baby in sunglasses?
Rose was sick for the first game, so it was just Jay. High five, coach!
Baby toes in the breeze!
There is a set of twin girls on the team. I wonder if the coach thinks Jay and Rose are twins too.
On Rose’s first game, she wasn’t in the mood to play, so she kept saying no when the coach tried to put her in. Finally near the end she went in and jogged around a little.
Meanwhile, Jay scored a goal! At the right end of the field!
3 more weeks to go.
1 comment:
You got some awesome action shots! I am impressed by your photography skills. Matthew has been playing soccer this year and it has been a lot of fun. But ours was not as cheap as yours : (
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