Soccer Take Two

Had another good experience at the soccer game.  He is already acting like a teenager as he doesn't want us to come near him when he is in the middle of his game.  I tried to come over an offer him some water and he pushed me away.  This time, we brought his soccer ball with us for his practice time.  A funny thing happened when game time came.  One of the kid's balls was picked to play the game.  Michael's ball stayed on the sidelines, but he tried to keep an eye on it - he didn't want anyone else playing with his ball.  This probably distracted him as he was still sticking to the back of the pack of kids chasing the ball.  We are not quite sure what transpired next, we believe it went something like this: the coach said to Michael "Michael, go after the ball like it is yours."  And Michael replied, pointing to the sidelines, "my ball is over there."  Maybe he'll get it by the last game. 

Soccer Game

Michael had his first soccer game last night.   To our amazement, he didn't suck his finger or cry at all!  Of course, the concept of passing the ball is completely lost on the group, so there are just ten of them chasing after the ball.  He did seem to stay in the back of the pack.  I think he thought someone was going to give him a turn.  But he did great listening to the coaches and following directions.  He's on the white team (no name as of yet) and he picked number 12 (not too many numbers left by the time we got there.)  Game two is tomorrow night.