soccer school

It's that time again. The tongue is back!

Told ya. There it is again.

Hooray! He's already faster than Scott. He might just be the first turbo Turbow.

After just plain running, they got to try it with the ball...and tongue.

Water break

This picture cracks me up. Avery in a scrum of girls :)

Score!

Meanwhile...Daddy put someone in timeout because of whining.

I probably cannot express through words just how excited Avery was to start soccer. We have been counting down to March 31 for at least 5 weeks. You see, Avery likes swim class, likes doing active things and sports, but this year, his passion for soccer has increased exponentially. He positively beams and can hardly be bothered to leave the field to take a water break. It is awesome.

What is even more, um, surprising is that he might actually be good. The second week of soccer (yes, I'm post dating my entries and am writing this on April 8 - Happy Birthday, Mady!) after he scored 5 of his team's 7 points, the coaches put him on the opposing team so that they would have a chance to score. He scored 2 more goals. It's not that he's naturally a 4 year old soccer whiz, but he is fairly aggressive, keeps himself by the ball and loves playing so much. It's nice to see him have a strong affinity towards something other than organizing :)

I LOVE that my son has something in his life that he is willing to work hard at, have fun and learn some very valuable life lessons from. The popsicles after the game don't hurt either.