Soccer!

This has been a long awaited experience for me. I used to love playing soccer and I wanted Laela to try it. She has been practicing at home with Ro and does fairly well, so we enrolled her in this little 4 week summer class. Well, the first class was on Saturday. It is nice because it is located indoors and we didn't have to worry about the heat (even at 9:00 on a Saturday morning!). We get there and Laela seemed to be enjoying herself. The dads were all out helping, so of course Ro went too. The coach was working with one at a time just to get a feel for each kiddo. When he first set up Laela to make a kick, he planted her left foot so she could kick with the right. HA! Not Laela. She kicked with her left foot!!! Coach was shocked and Daddy was very proud! :) Me...I don't really care as long as it is what she is comfortable with and we are not pressuring one way or the other. It was amazing to see what they practiced in 45 minutes and we quickly learned that 30 minutes was Laela's "okay are we done yet" breaking point. She did well. She toughed it out and got a little upset during the "game" time. (There was one little girl who is going to be a track star. She just ran up and down the field with the soccer ball in-tow. Crazy how good and fast she was for a 3 year old.) Laela and daddy are continuing to practice and she is going again on Saturday morning.
If soccer is not her love, then we will find something that is. I just want her to be involved and feel like she is a part of a team or group. I feel very strongly about getting kids involved in team sports (that may be the teacher side of me.) HA!Oh yes! She scored a couple of goals too!
She was so excited with anything good that she did. Laela would run over and give Ro a high-five EVERY time. We will have to work on saving the high-five for the end! (Blurry picture, but love it anyway.)