Caleb had his last game of soccer today! He really hasn't enjoyed it as much as he did earlier in the year, but he hung in and we are so proud of him! I think there are a number of reasons for his lack of enthusiasm: it is supposed to be a team of three year olds yet there were oodles of almost five year olds dominating the field and ball (yes...I am one of THOSE Moms!), it was REALLY hot and lots of kiddos on the field were really clumsy and kept falling over their own feet and crying which freaked out the dude. Any way you put it, Caleb has no interest in another "season" of soccer. We asked him about gymnastics but he wasn't into that either. His choice for fall sports falls right in line with what we had envisioned...Tee Ball! Wahoo! But with that said, our dude rose to the challenge this morning and really got into the game, sometimes. He even took the ball 3/4 of the way down the field all by himself! He is such a big boy and totally amazing and we love him so much!
Go Big Red! We got to take snack today and I had fun with it. I was going to go all out with the cricket and fake grass and all that....but I remembered the audience and figured this would be good enough. It was. Kudos to Heather for giving me the idea of the orange and its decoration!
We saw this a lot...Coach Brent escorting a reluctant dude onto the field and often around the field...
GO DUDE GO!
WAHOO! This part was so thrilling!
He was so excited too!
Most of the time he was digging for rocks on the field....
....he was a good influence and got most everybody on both teams involved. At one point his whole team was digging for rocks while the other time kicked off!
The fruits of his labour.
The victory tunnel. Our post-game tradition. So cute eh!
Proudly showing off his prizes...check out what is in his right hand!
Team Big Red! They really did dominate the season...if we were keeping score that is...
It was a fun game and a great start to our day...despite the horrendous heat and the fact that we were all puddles of sweaty, ant-bitten goo by the end of the game! We cooled off at home and all was well! Caleb has been asking for buddies Ian and Aiden to come over, so we had their family over for dinner tonight. Caleb and I celebrated by making these Rice Krispie Popsicle desserts. I love to find things in the magazines and say "that is so cute! I want to do that. I am sure I can." I really can't. They never look as polished and who knows if they taste like they should. But it was so much fun making these with my dude, who thought adding the sprinkles was the best thing he did all week! He coudn't wait to eat the "chocolate and sprinkles on a stick" (which totally broke our new no-artificial-colour-diet but that happens...mostly on Saturdays...so oh-well)!
Happy Weekend Everyone!!!!