This week is all about sports for him. Tuesday night was street soccer, a back to basics night of soccer where the kids play four ten minute games of 4v4 with no refs. He had a blast and saw some familiar faces. Wednesday was busy busy with track right after school, home for a quick snack and then we headed to try-outs for a premier level soccer team.
We decided this year that he would try-out for both premier and select level soccer mainly to get a feel for how try-outs run. If he gets an offer, we’ll make a decision from there, but the real idea was to give it a go when he wasn’t terribly invested in it, and therefore not so wrapped up and nervous about it. He didn’t necessarily give it his all, but he had fun. And more touches on the soccer ball are always a good thing, no matter what level of soccer you play.
Thursday he had to make a tough choice. It was the second night of try-outs, but they were at the same time as basketball practice. He was also invited to Grammy’s house to watch a couple hours of the NFL draft. How’s a ten year old sports fanatic to choose? After much deliberation on his part, he opted out of try-outs, got in a couple hours of the draft after his homework, and then we headed to basketball.
Tonight, Friday, is yet another night of soccer. He will be doing some training with some of the premier and select coaches for the next six weeks. Busy kid, but he so needs the outlet – he has so much energy.
Speaking of getting out his energy, I got a nice little email from his teacher yesterday. Apparently my chatty little boy has been “blurting out” in class, and it’s becoming such a distraction that he’s been sent into the hall twice. This week. The silver lining here is that he’s blurting out happy positive things. It is, however, still annoying his teacher.
He is an adventure, this one.
I do have other kids, of course. We are potty training the two year old right now. It sucks. There's not much more to say about that.
The teenager is an adventure in his own right. It’s a been a stressful week for him, lots of tests and not so much sleep, all which makes for an oh-so-happy household. He’s spent a lot of time at Starbucks this week, but has managed to find some social time (though always centered around studying, but it’s something).
I leave you with a picture that sums up the two year olds latest passion. Enjoy.
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