Friday, September 16, 2011

3-Year-Old Soccer

At this age, community soccer leagues are quite entertaining. Not in the "way-to-score-a-goal!" kind of way, but in the "wow-I-can't-believe-we-paid-money-to-have-our-child-completely-ignore-his-soccer-game" kind of way. Regardless, I guess the small fee was worth it because Ethan had fun and I spent the whole game cracking up at my child and almost everyone else's in the league.

For 3-year-olds, there is pretty much a mob-mentality to the game--everyone just runs around in a herd after the one or two kids that actually kick the ball. Ethan was quite different though--not very competitive, he worked hard during the 15 minutes of practice, but then sat out or did his own thing during the half hour game that followed because the other kids wanted the ball. Enjoy the pictures!








Apparently, soccer's pretty exhausting (and it was HOT!)





My favorite time was when all the parents on our team started laughing because one of the kids was way out on the other side of the field working on head-stands, oblivious to anything else. I, of course, couldn't stop laughing but managed to pull out my camera, because, hey, it was Ethan! :)

5 comments:

CSIowa said...

Glad you had a good time! Noah was frequently off in one corner of the soccer field spinning himself around. Somewhere between 6 and 10 these things start making more sense to kids, or they completely lose interest.

nathan n rachel said...

So funny!

Tawnya said...

So cute!! Love him!

Stacie said...

I've been waiting to see soccer pictures!! We wish we could have seen all the action, or lack there-of.

jaordyna said...

Hahaha! Count me in on benefitting from the entertainment, too. That kid is hilarious!