If you are keeping up you know that Collin's first soccer game was quite traumatic. So, needless to say, we spent all week talking about soccer, and how to play it. When he had friends over a couple of days ago I even found myself telling him that we do not take things from other people, unless we are playing soccer. Ha!!
We even watched a professional soccer game on television so that I could point out to him how the "big boys" were playing the game. He sat and watched, and even noted that none of them were crying. His coach spent some time in practice having the kids steal the ball from each other and then she stole the ball from them. Just to make sure the concept was sinking in I told him he could have M&Ms if he could make it through the whole game with no tears.
Well, it was more than just no tears, he played almost the entire game, did the kick-off, threw the ball in and SCORED 2 GOALS!!! It was great! He was having a blast! He even told me at half-time that he was playing so much his legs were hurting. That boy deserved a trophy for his improvement from last week, but he had his heart set on the M&Ms. So, after his snack (if you've ever been around toddler sports you know how important the after game snack is), we went to Target for some M&Ms AND a chocolate bar. Even though only one was promised they were both well earned.
WAY TO GO COLLIN!!! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you!
2 comments:
Those first soccer experiences are ALWAYS precious!!!! Gotta call and catch up soon!
I could sit and watch this little video over and over. And then...I look at the top of the page and see the picture of Robert and Collin at the beach - how can this be the same little baby boy???? Time passes and it passes so quickly. We are so proud of our SUPERSTAR!!!
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