First soccer practice!

This "week of firsts" post seems to be dragging on quite a bit! Here is the last of Brady's firsts. On Wednesday of last week he had his first soccer practice. I signed him up for a program called Lil Kickers and he goes once a week for 50 minutes. Up until now we have always done mommy and me activities, but this one he does all by himself. Apparently when they turn 3 you're allowed to turn em loose! He is in a class of 3 and 4 year olds and you can tell he is on the younger end of the range. His attention span is a bit shorter than some of the others. But he really seems to be enjoying it. Again, he had no problems leaving mom. Although when I walked him out to the field for the first class I introduced him to his coach then I pointed to where I would be watching and told him that if he needed something I would be right there. Well, about 5 minutes into the class he comes running over and I asked him if he was ok and if he needed something. He says yeah, I'm ok, I just need "something". I said well what is it? He says oh, just "something". So I said ok, gave him a hug and a pat on the butt and sent him back in and that was the end of that. It's so funny how literally kids take your words.
He did pretty good for the first class. He did spend a lot of the time doing his own thing though. He likes to tackle kids in fun and tackle the ball and do his "crash and burn" bit. At one point the whole class was sitting nicely in the circle and there's my Brady galloping around the circle. Then everyone was playing the game they were supposed to be playing and Brady was standing in the middle throwing the little plastic circles they use to sit on up in the air over and over again thinking it was hilarious. I so badly wanted to be "that" parent and tap on the glass and tell Brady to pay attention and follow the directions. But I restrained myself. This week though he did much better. He participated with the rest of the class for the most part and didn't tackle any of the kids. He did tackle the ball quite a bit still though, so we'll need to work on that. He may just be our budding football player!

He looks so old in this picture!

Here he is just after I dropped him off.

Look closely-you can see him on his belly in front of the coach. This is his "crash and burn" bit.

Here he is galloping around all the other kids who are sitting nicely in the circle like they were told. Dang kid!

And here he is mid tackle! Look closely at the left side of the picture.

Exhausted from all the tackling! Haha!