Mitch is just finishing up his fourth season of soccer. He loves it and ranks himself as the third best on the team. It's fun to see him play and have fun with his teammates--they already show this cute team camaraderie, slapping each other and giving hugs after good plays. Mitch picked up this habit almost from the beginning, of falling down every time he kicks the ball...kind of like a slide tackle. The problem is though, when the ball only goes a foot or two, and all eight players on the field are within a five-foot radius around the ball, it's a little important to be up on your feet to keep playing the ball. A couple of weeks ago Mitch had an awesome goal where he kicked the ball from way back and off to the side of the goal, and the ball just caught the corner of the net.
Luke was finally old enough to start his first season of soccer...and he loves it! (A friend took pictures of his team, I haven't gotten copies yet...) He gets so into the game, he really has a lot of drive, which is so funny because to me, Luke has always seemed really passive. He told me once that he just focuses on the ball, and wherever the ball goes, he goes. He's really fast and actually scores several goals a game. It's so fun to see Luke emerge from the shadow of his older brother and be involved with something he's so good at!
Yeah, I have high hopes that my boys will grow up to be soccer hotties! :) I can't convince them to be in dance (holy cow, if they only knew how much they'd be thanking me when they got to college and girls lined up in droves to dance with the "dance stud!!") so I'll just have to settle for soccer hotties. But please don't categorize me as a soccer mom...I'm not sure I'm ready (or ever will be) for that title!
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ha ha...here's hoping none of them inherited Loren's "fighting attitude" or you'll have to enroll them in boxing lessons...;) Course, if they're defending their brother, than it's ok...I STILL remember that epic fight that Loren and Matt got into when they won their flag football championship...ah, good times..=)
Ha, I love how kids just say it like it is: "Yep, I'm pretty much third best." And the mental image of Luke wheeling down the field to stalk that ball is priceless. I love those boys (slash dance studs, slash soccer hotties)!!!
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