Soccer Time

Another good day...ST2's first soccer game. ST2 is a little taller and more athletic than most of the boys his age, and I have encouraged him to be physical. Despite the trips to the ER for stiches, and the banged-up limbs and bumps and bruises...I am still confident the way to parent him is to let him roll. So he is a bit independent, and he has a good amount of self confidence. Im not sure how he will mature as an athlete, but I let him try whatever he wants and we figure that he will eventually migrate to what he likes best. Its up to him.....I dont push him, he just goes! The details of the day arent important really...but is sure was fun. Our team is the Sharks! Today, the Sharks beat the Snakes about 5 to 3, although there is no scorekeeper or goalie or anything like that..its more of a fun thing, trying to teach the kids how to play together in a team format. It's a sort of swarm-ball thing..most of the boys dont really 'get it' in terms of defense/offense, etc. We are in U4 Boys..which are boys between about 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 years old. They dont age-up until next summer. But..they are surprisingly good..all of them! After the game, all the parents on both teams got together and made a big tunnel with our hands and all the boys on both teams (8 on each team) ran through the tunnel! Then, we thought they would run through once..like football players coming out of the locker room onto the field...but no!! They circled back around and went through again! And again!! At one point it occurred to the parents that WE had to stop the tunnel thing, or the boys would just run around for an hour! It was pretty funny. A good time was had by all. ST2 is the little guy on the right.

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