Saturday Soccer

Heading off the field...he can run FAST! Woo-eee!

Trying to get in the mix...

Lined up, ready to start the game.

Hanging with some of his teammates...fellow Frogs.

Ooooh...he wants to pick that ball up SO bad!

Practicing some kicks...actually not too bad!

He was VERY interested in the goal area. We had to keep telling him to get out of the net. No goalies yet for the 3-year-olds!

Hi! Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Right now, Bear Cub is playing trains and has Animal Planet's "Puppy Bowl" on. Talk about cute! He has his puppies out too, having them take turns going "in" for the game. :)

We had a very fun Saturday! It BC's first soccer practice and game! Yes, we signed him up to give it a try! I didn't tell him, knowing that he'd say, "No, I just want to be a frog scientist!" so on our way there, we kept telling him that he was just going to have some outside play time where he could run around and kick a ball if he wanted to. He had to have shin guard socks -- which we told him were "frog socks" (Oh, the things we say and do to make things easier!) and once on the field, he turned to me and asked, "Mommy, why do all the kids have these BIG socks on?" Pretty funny! So, the kids "practiced" for 15 min. and then had a 45 min. "game." Or 45 min. of dashing around the field with maybe 2 or 3 kids really understanding what to do the with the ball! It was so cute though and Bear Cub looked adorable out there. He was very willing to get out there and made a couple of attempts to run for the ball. Need to work on the whole "Don't use your hands in soccer" concept...he just wants to pick it up! ;) We were really proud of him for getting out there and having fun. We only had to re-direct him a few times! So, we have 3 more weeks of soccer, and then it's on to 4 weeks of T-Ball. Oh! AND...his team is officially called "The Frogs" now! The coach asked for some team name suggestions, so I told BC to tell him that he liked frogs. Bear Cub marched right up to the coach and told him and the suggestion went unopposed....so there you go! Too funny!

Hopefully BC will be happy to go back next Saturday. It's totally a non-pressure, just for fun, kind of thing put on by the YMCA. I'll keep you posted! Enjoy the pictures from Bear Cub's big soccer day! :)