It’s official. I am now a soccer mom, but no van will be added to go with that. I signed Jameson up for Lil’ Kickers. It’s a soccer class, that focuses on developmental, emotional, and social skills as well as athletic skills. It was really funny to watch him. There were 4 other boys in his class, and his coach was awesome. The coach didn’t look that old, maybe closer to my age. He was so energetic with them, and had a story for everything. Every drill started with a story about why they needed to do the drill.

For instance, he told them they needed to wake the troll up on the other side of the wall. So they had to kick their balls against the wall repeatedly to wake him up. Or he tipped to cones all over the field, and the boys had to stand the cones back up only using their foot. Then they had to water the “small” trees with one foot. Then, they bot the balls out and had to knock over as many cones as they could by kicking the balls at them. It’s a 50 minute class, which was awesome. He was so tired afterward, which would have been heaven! But, I knew he hadn’t been to the bathroom, and wasn’t wearing a pull up, so I tried to keep him awake. Then he never took a nap the rest of the day. Next time, I will be more prepared.

The coach told them to not get hit by the balls while he kicked the balls at them:

This exercise, he told them to drive their boats. Then, the coach would yell “shark!” The boys had to stand on their boats, while they caught the sharks.

And here’s what Ella did while Jameson was playing:

Maybe we should get her out on the field?