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this morning hayden played in his very first soccer game through the daca in livonia.
i was told about this soccer "league" by a mom from hayden's bowling league last year. when i called to sign him up in the spring they were already booked for his age group. i called around to try to find another soccer league and found one through redford. i ended up not signing him up because it was a little more intense than i was planning on getting this early on. it was pretty much a true league and the kids had 2 one hour practices each week and then the games on saturday. we weren't even sure if soccer was something he'd like so i wasn't about to make that big of a commitment just yet. and just thinking about having to drive back and forth 3 days a week for 5 year old soccer was a little more than i could handle. and at the time i didn't even have my minivan so that just wouldn't have worked.
i called the other month to check on the daca fall league and found that they were just starting to register. there are 3 different age groups. hayden is in the 4 and 5 year olds. they split each age group up into two teams and they just play against each other each week. it's every saturday for just over a month and it's 1/2 hour practice that morning and then a 1/2 hour game. perfect!
we went out yesterday in search for some shoes as hayden has pretty much outgrown most of his shoes anyway. i figured i'd get something that i liked so he could wear them outside of soccer since this he'd just be playing this time around for a month.
it was quite the frustrating venture as we couldn't find any shoes and ended up having to go to the mall and pay $50 for a pair. ridiculous what they charge you for a pair of kids shoes these days. but at least we got some. and they're cute and something i'd have him wear anyway. dave wondered if we really needed to get any but i don't think the coaches would have liked him showing up in sandals or converse.
we headed over to devon aire park in livonia this morning and picked up hayden's green team shirt. a little bit later, dave joined us after his football game and mom, dad, jessica and justin (who just got home from jamaica last nite) came to watch as well.
it was shocking to see how well hayden actually listened to the coaches and how he did everything they told him to do during warm up.
when the game started, hayden was the first group on the sideline. he sat pretty patiently and even cheered for his team. then it was his turn out on the field.
now, you have to understand that we've never really explained anything about soccer to him. we have told him he can't ever touch the ball with his hands, but other than that, we haven't said too much.
so that explains why he got all excited and did a goal dance the two times he kicked the ball PAST the net. after explaining it, he eventually understood that it's only a goal when it goes IN the net. but he did that twice too!
hayden's team ended up winning (which i don't think they really made a big deal of or even pointed out) with a score of 3 to 1...hayden scoring 2 of those 3 goals!!! he did GREAT and LOVED it out there! when the one goal was scored on his team he put his hand on his forehead and just shook his head. we're all about the competition in this family.
so we're now 2 in 2 with sports that he's just picked up and done well at immediately. he told mom yesterday on the phone that after soccer he's going to play basketball and after basketball he will play football. i knew about the football thing as we found a place that had little kid flag football but i had no idea about the basketball. i'm just trying to find some good tennis lessons for him.
he's gonna make us some money somehow. right now we're just trying to figure out what our best bet is.