Super Soccer!

Thursday was our last Smart Start soccer night and we are so glad we did this program! Cade and his friends had such a good time and really seemed to improve during the 5 weeks of practice. Chance and I both got to experience a few practices with Cade and it was really fun to learn with him. I learned that I am "that" parent that takes waaaaay too many pictures at my child's sporting events, so here are just a few highlights:

Cade and Garrett liked to start each practice with a little warm up of throwing the balls into the goal and at each other. I'm not sure how this helped with soccer, but they sure had fun.



Coach Marty helped the kids with drills like kicking the ball around cones.



My mom was the official photographer at one of the practices and snapped this cute picture of me and my sweet boy!



Takin' a little break



Action shot!



They also learned how to stop the ball by stomping their foot



Oma even played a little!



The last day of soccer was actually a game. Chance and I agree that this is one of our parenting highlights... watching 3 year olds play soccer is hilarious and we were so proud of Cade for playing the whole time and not fussing about anything. We also realized one more thing about us... we are somewhat over-enthusiastic and did not sit down the entire game! Our friends, Garrett's and Davis's parents also had fun and we all laughed a lot together.

Here is the "Hornet" team in their huddle. Wonder who picked the name for their team?



Cade, Garrett, and the rest of the Hornets (on right) face off against Davis and Team Awesome



I'll spare you the 5 videos I took of the game :) Davis scored 3 goals for his team and the Hornets ended up being outscored. But all of the kids had a great time and ended their soccer experience with smiles. Thanks, Coach Marty!