Soccer Season

I think we are all kind of glad soccer season is over.  It was fun but having every Saturday taken up by games is just hard.  Aedan is not an aggressive soccer player at all so a lot of it was us watching him not going after the ball but we are proud of him for trying it.  He likes being on a team and pretending to do a super soccer kick but we were lucky to get him to intentionally kick the ball once a game. Guess we will have to work on that.

At least he has the intimidating look down.

Congrats buddy for sticking with it!  You were fun to watch!

Tball

I was a coach.

Yes, it is hard to believe.

I never imagined that statement would come from me.  EVER. I mean I like to play sports but was never any good to actually play on any team outside of church ball.  Besides, being married to Neal who is Mr. UberSportsGuy, I would be more of a bench warmer.

So,…. ya.

I was a coach.

Of Aedan’s Tball team.  Actually co-coach or maybe more of an assistant coach.  Whatever.  Aedan’s friend’s mom roped me into it and I must say it is a very fun/frustrating/exhausting/silly job. 

And I’ve actually learned some things.

It is true.

1) Sometimes it is the ones who throw well that you have to watch out for (as in balls whizzing past my ear)

2) Kids like to eat their gloves.  Gross.

3) 3 innings is an eternity.

4) Kids want to throw the ball with their gloved hand.  Makes no sense.

5) Some kids want to run along ALL of the lines drawn out on the field before going to 1st base. 

6) Being a coach and forgetting to show up for team pics is SUPER lame.

7) In a single run, a kid will hit the ball, run to catch the ball they hit, and then run to 1st base to hand it to the other team’s 1st baseman.

8) Being an outfielder in Tball is a bummer.

9) If you are a baseman it is a job requirement apparently to be chatty with the other team.

10) Even though he is ok at Tball, I think Aedan is in it for the social aspect. 

Oh what fun!  Overall, I am glad I did it and I am having a blast!

I think I was the team cheer leader.

Congrats for making it through buddy!  We are now in soccer season so updates on that later!

Sports is human life in microcosm. ~Howard Cosell

Aedan started taking a Little All Stars class which introduces a new sport each week on a toddler level of understanding.  We have had fun so far and are sad to end it earlier than originally planned as we are making a trip out to Utah in March.  But he had a lot of fun with soccer, baseball, and basketball.  His attention span left much to be desired and it sometimes seemed like the highlight for him was getting a stamp on his hand at the end but all in all I still think it was worth it!  Here are a few action shots.