Soccer Olympics

This past Saturday, instead of having a game, Xander participated in the Soccer Olympics put on by his league for the younger players. Despite a few moments of "Xander funk time", Xander did seem to enjoy all the different skills events which included free throws,

shooting,


timed dribbling,

cat and mouse, and passing. I have seen such an improvement in Xander's skills over last year and I attribute most of it to the soccer camp he attended this summer. Not only is he better at playing but his confidence has skyrocketed!

Can't resist including a picture of two really cute fans!

Noah hated the fact that the wet grass was getting all over the bottom of his pants so, being the oh-so-clever kid that he is, here's how he solved the problem...and he did this for the entire 2 hours!

There were medals handed out to all the kids because heaven forbid we only give awards to the kids who won the events and some kid feel bad about himself. Oh no, let's give kids absolutely NO incentive to work harder and try to excel at something. When you get an award no matter what, why push yourself to overcome mediocrity?


It's always such a delight to run into little Emma!