Soccer (Hot)Shot

Jacob has loved playing sports with his daddy since he could walk, so we figured it was time to put him in some sort of semi-organized sport so he could get some exercise and social interaction.  We signed him up through the city with a program called Soccer Shots.  The kids meet every Saturday for 8 weeks and work on fundamentals of soccer.  

I didn't have any expectations for this going in.  I actually thought they would probably be doing silly exercises and playing with hula hoops instead of actually playing soccer, but I was pleasantly surprised when they started off right away having the kids dribble the soccer ball up and down the field.  I was even more surprised when they played a mini game at the end!  And Jake?  Well, he was in 3 year old sports heaven!

Heading out the door for his first day!

I asked him to give me his best "tough soccer player" face and this is what I got:

It then transformed to this:

And then to this:

And finally to this:

 I think we need to work on that face ;)

Running drills

"Squash the bug"

Jacob has such a compassionate heart.  Something was wrong with this little girl and he went to check on her.

Poor RyRy really wanted to play too!

Yellow team pointing to their goal!

Jake starts off behind

Gains some ground

And gains control of the ball!

GOAL!!!

The crowd goes wild!

Looking at us to make sure we saw what he did!

(This was actually his second goal.  I missed the first because I was trying to keep Ryan off the field)

Jumping for joy!

And they're off again!

Jacob's got his eye on that ball again

And he runs as fast as he can to get to it

Heading in for goal #3!

This was when he was about to go in for goal #4.  His coach suggests he kicks it to the girl in the blue shorts...

He kicks it in the net instead.  Oops!

Thirsty guy after scoring all of the goals in the game!

What we've discovered about our oldest boy:

• He is DETERMINED!
• He is COMPETITIVE!
• He does NOT like to pass the ball! (We'll work on that)
• He LOVES playing soccer!

ETA: We're proud of you Jacob!  4 goals in your very first game, and 3 the following week! 

At the car wash!

These were taken with my phone, so the quality is bad, but the boys faces were so funny as we drove through the car wash.  Their eyes were like saucers!

I have to add that as soon as I finished taking these photos, I turned around and saw that we were half a second away from bumping into the car ahead of us in the middle of the car wash!  As soon as our bumpers tapped, the other car sped out of there and we were STUCK.  We got DERAILED from the tracks!

I don't know if the other car had their foot on the brakes (which you are not supposed to do) or what, but I was freaked out!  By the time the car wash people led us out of there, the other car was long gone.  Thankfully there was no damage (I actually was more worried about their little Prius than my beast Tahoe).  I also learned (thanks to the not so nice man that led me out of the car wash) that if you get stuck in a car wash, you are supposed to honk so that they don't send another car in behind you that could hit you.  Come to think of it, maybe that little Prius was stuck? Guess I'll never know!

First Fishing Foray

One Saturday morning we were on our way home after eating breakfast at our favorite little place, when Jake said he wanted to go fishing.  Tim jumped right on board (shocker!) and invited our neighbor and his kids to join them.  

I was going to just stay home with Ryan and put him down for a nap, but he knew what was going on and was NOT about to let them leave without him.  So it turned into a family affair, and I am SO glad it did.  We created some of the best memories on this day!

I wish I could share all 120+ photos I took because so many of the sequences are hilarious!  I was wiping away tears of laughter when I was going through them trying to choose what to post.  Ryan's expressions crack me up!  Enjoy!

Checking out the goodies in the tackle box

Ryan scoping out the best place to drop his line

One excited little boy!

He got one!!!

About to touch it....

...it moved and startled him!

Oh the bravery!

Touching the fish was the most exciting part for them I think

Ryan wants in on the action

I love how he closed his eyes to touch it!

Ryan thinks that is the most hysterically funny thing he has ever done in his whole life

Seriously, I think he peed his pants he was laughing so hard!

Double trouble for sure!

Time to do some more fishin'!

Ryan got one!

Jumping up and down with excitement!

My brave baby holding his first catch!

Happy with his catch and ready to explore the park :)