Soccer Finale!

Holdyn just finished up his 6 weeks of soccer lessons on Tuesday evening. It was a whole lot of 'controlled chaos'. At most times, however, it was not controlled and quite hectic with 10-15 2 and 3 year olds running around crazy on a huge open field. I don't know if he really enjoyed soccer or not. Holdyn is a child that needs a lot of structure. I think he feels most comfortable when he knows what is coming. I won't have to worry about him getting a wild idea to jump up and go to Vegas the next day with his friends. He is much more like mom and dad! We have to plan, plan, plan! Maybe when he gets a little older and its more of a controlled structured environment we can try again. I think we might try t-ball next. Every practice he would always come over to me and say 'mommy what time it is' 'I ready to go home mommy'. Granted he is a homebody like Robbie and I both are but now that he stays home with me and only goes to school a few hours a week I thought he would enjoy getting out some in the evenings with other kids and playing. He does prefer to play by himself (I guess that is the first child syndrome) so maybe we will just have our own soccer team with one player :) and maybe a two player team when Hadley can run with him too! At the end of this weeks practice they had a little ceremony and all the children got medals and certificates. Holdyn also refused to follow any of the 'rules' during the season. He decided to create his own. Every practice they would play 'hide and seek'. Each child had to hide their face in their soccer ball then when they heard 'seek' they had to go find their coach. Holdyn refused to hide his face every single time (see photo above).He also figured out that he was much faster than the other children if he picked his ball up and carried it instead of kicking it like everyone else. All season, he probably kicked the ball only a handful of times. He always ran as fast as his little legs would carry him but that ball was always in his hands and never on the ground. Good problem solving skills if you ask me. He is one smart cookie. He must take after his daddy *cough*.

Look at my medal and certificate!

Baby sister was always there to cheer me on!