Liam is playing soccer this year- we are sooo exicted!! However, I may have jumped the gun by putting him on the 4-5 team when he's still only 3. (yikes!) I thought "my kid is REALLY good at soccer" as I'm sure every other mom out there thinks about their own pride and joy;). In my book, Liam can do no wrong, he's a genius, and he's a master of ANY sport. And while my intentions are pure;), I often realize after the fact that I may have over estimated things just a bit.
SO- my sweet little Liam is playing on a team of GIANTS! :) He looks so little compared to the rest of the players, even though he'll be 4 in only 2 months.
I don't know how it happened but in the midst of signing him up for soccer I forgot to mention to Evan that I had put him on the 4-5's team...so...when we get to practice the first day, Evan beat me there in his car...he quickly (out of excitement) trotted Liam over to the field. I remembered what I had done and quickly jumped out of my car yelling "Evan, wait!!". Too late. By that time he was turning back to me with this look like "why are they all a head taller than Liam?"
So...there we are...watching the bean play his little heart out- not even realizing he's the shortest one on the team:). (deep sigh)
I felt awful.
We decided we'll let him play his first game and see how he does...he loves practice so, what the heck? I mean how horrible can it be at that age? You know? (trying to make myself feel better here)
Here he is at practice, he's such a great little player! You would all be so proud!:)
we're contemplating taking Wilson out of soccer, b/c he's the youngest on his team, and he's so easily distracted...their coach was a soccer player, so he showed up to practice with his like written out "lineup" of all the "plays" the kids were gonna do.. and every one of them is running after the ball on their own, and then 10 seconds later is asking, "when's snack time?!" sitting in the middle of the field, or running off the field to their parent...
ReplyDeleteanyway, we'll see.. i just don't want him to get discouraged and hate it.. their attention span is so short at that age, and they need a coach that makes it fun and not expect too much!
hahah:) Yes- they do run out of steam quickly!:) We ended up switching Liam to a 3-4 year old team and he has such a fabulous coach! For a "warm up" he had all the kids chase him around the field in a game of tag- it was adorable and the kids just giggled and LOVED it! Liam is a TON happier on this team but he still asks when soccer season will be be over;). ha:) He started horse back riding lessons this week too, and by the end of the lesson he was super distracted. It's the age, but at least they're having fun!:)
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