The weeks are starting to get busier and busier. Soccer started this week. The Boy had his first game. He was giddy with excitement. After a slow, unsure start, he was running with the pack of three year olds chasing the ball. He scored three of the five goals.
You could see the kids wondering "is it okay if I TAKE the ball from the other kid". Parents spend so much time telling kids to share...now we're yelling "take the ball" from the side lines. Some kids responded much better than the others. Some ended up on the sidelines sucking their thumbs and twisting their hair...the pressure must have been too much. One kid who was getting tired of running, got his sister's chair and plopped it down in the middle of the field and took a seat.
A few times, when The Boy got close to the goal but overshot it, he'd ball up his hands into fists and push it with the top of his hand. I guess that wasn't "touching" the ball in his mind.
The Girl and her dad passionately yelled from the sidelines. Their shared competitiveness was a bit disturbing.
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