Soccer Kids

On Monday night Ava and Dawson began their soccer league.  It was the first game for Dawson ever, and Ava's first game of the year.  They were a little timid to begin, and walked onto the field holding hands like so.

And about two minutes later, two bawling kids came running back to me.  Not exactly a good start.  But I went over and got them settled with their teacher and they did well for the practice.

Then the game started.  Keep in mind this had been a long day for Dawson, he had been playing hard with cousins all day long and been going non-stop.

Poor kid started crying.  He couldn't keep up with the other kids and they weren't sharing the ball with him.  This league is for 3.5-6 year olds, so he is one of the youngest.  Ava was so sweet, she would come over and console her brother and stroke his hair.

Finally Dawson took matters into his own hands, literally.  Whenever the ball would come near him he would dive on it and grab it with his hands so the other kids wouldn't take it from him.  He did this twice and the coaches had to break it up.

He did get a chance to kick, and ended up flat on his face.  Sweet Ava girl is coming to check on him.  His Momma, Daddy and Meme were too busy laughing.

I was impressed with the progress Miss Avaroo has made.  She was getting in the game and getting the ball to kick it.  Last year she stayed far away from the ball!

Hooray!  It was so nice to share this experience with Brendan, Riley and Meme.  In the words of Meme "One day he'll be a good soccer player, but it wasn't today."