Yesterday Matthew had soccer practice. He is in "first steps" soccer for 3 and 4 year olds. Last week we were rained out of practice after about 30 minutes, but this week they went the whole hour, which was a bit long for Matthew. He's never had any trouble paying attention during T-ball practice, but the things they did were a lot easier for him and they took a lot of water breaks. So today he was not loving soccer. He kept attaching himself to my legs and saying he was too tired. There were a lot of kids who didn't want to participate today (you can see one of them in the background of this pic). Here's Matthew scowling at me as I try to get him to pass with me.
He fell down on the ground a few times ("accidentally") and didn't want to get up. He was not having fun. He has shin guards, (which he didn't wear today) but no cleats (not the reason for him falling down). I quickly realized how unimportant those items are for kids his age. Maybe we'll get him some cleats next year...if he ever wants to play again.
Here Matthew passes next to one of his teammates. She's a bit older and one of the more skilled players on our team. Matthew got the ball away from her in one of the drills, so that was exciting for him. Later when he told Scott (who was at work) about soccer practice he was a lot more enthusiastic about it. He was also excited (at least later he was) about getting his soccer jersey. Maybe we'll do better next week.
Yesterday Matthew had soccer practice. He is in "first steps" soccer for 3 and 4 year olds. Last week we were rained out of practice after about 30 minutes, but this week they went the whole hour, which was a bit long for Matthew. He's never had any trouble paying attention during T-ball practice, but the things they did were a lot easier for him and they took a lot of water breaks. So today he was not loving soccer. He kept attaching himself to my legs and saying he was too tired. There were a lot of kids who didn't want to participate today (you can see one of them in the background of this pic). Here's Matthew scowling at me as I try to get him to pass with me.
He fell down on the ground a few times ("accidentally") and didn't want to get up. He was not having fun. He has shin guards, (which he didn't wear today) but no cleats (not the reason for him falling down). I quickly realized how unimportant those items are for kids his age. Maybe we'll get him some cleats next year...if he ever wants to play again.
Here Matthew passes next to one of his teammates. She's a bit older and one of the more skilled players on our team. Matthew got the ball away from her in one of the drills, so that was exciting for him. Later when he told Scott (who was at work) about soccer practice he was a lot more enthusiastic about it. He was also excited (at least later he was) about getting his soccer jersey. Maybe we'll do better next week.
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