Me & My Boy

Jamie's soccer game went well last night. He plays goalie and takes turns with another player each quarter. He's good at what he does, and I'm glad that the coach recogizes that. Jamie is NOT a runner. Well, I guess I can say, he is not a kicker, because he can run after the ball as fast as you please, but that's all. At home, we practice kicking and taking it away and shooting in the goal, but on the field he is so UNaggressive. So the goal post is where he is happiest. He helps out his team and he gets to stay put and be his normal, passive self. And I wouldn't have him any other way.
We did not win. We have yet to win a game this season, but this is not new news. We did not win during spring soccer at all (we only got one goal the whole season), and I don't expect us to win this season - we keep the same kids each season. Our team age range is 4-6 year olds and in the spring we had 9 4-year-olds, 1 5-year-old, and 1 6-year-old. We were the only team that had such young kids, and it showed. This fall they are better, but nowhere near the other teams with 6 (almost 7) year old players. But our turn will come. Next spring I think we'll have an advantage with experienced players. Only...I'm not so sure if Jamie is going to play or not come spring. I just don't think he's quite into it. T-ball will also start back in the spring, which he did this past year, and I think he likes it better. We'll see. Nothing exciting on the homeschool front today, just a regular sort of day.:)