Soccer dude

Jay recently started playing soccer and so far he loves it. What could be better than running and chasing a ball? It's pretty funny to watch his little team play. We have seen them progress over the past few weeks but they're still just a group of five year-olds bunched together chasing after the ball :) At least they go the right way most of the time now! I think all the kid's favorite part is when the ball goes out of bounds (about once or twice a minute) and they take turns throwing it back in-bounds. Regardless of standard soccer rules, a few goals have been scored that way. Jay has even scored a goal himself. Another player on his team took the ball down the field and kicked it toward the goal, barely missing. The ball sat up against one of the goal posts and players from both teams were standing around not really knowing what to do when Jay surprisingly took the initiative and kicked at it a few times before finally forcing it into the goal. Way to go my little soccer player! Grandma says Jay plays exactly the same way as Mike used to as a kid. Both very good at running and keeping up with the ball but always taking a little too much time to set up before actually kicking it. We're working on it and Jay is already improving. Practice makes perfect! Or at least better :) I'm so happy he's having a good time and I especially love the huge amount of energy soccer expends. Go Crazy Crocodiles!

Contemplating his strategy before the game.

Lucky number 7 on the field!

A mid-game snack.

Getting instructions from Coach Joel - also on the field are Kate, Layla and Nicholas (Nicholas is our money maker - he scores about 5 goals ore more a game . Of course this is his third season).

For the first few games Amaya would cry hysterically any time someone cheered or shouted for the players. She's finally getting over that.

Our goal is that way!