Soccer Days.

I always loved soccer as a kid and couldn't wait for it to start. BUT, I couldn't believe it when Kace's soccer started again. It seemed too cold. But now it has come and gone and it is still cold. When I signed Kace up this year I wanted him to play with the older kids (2 and 3 graders) and told them we would coach if this could happen. When I went to pick up my coaching packet and soccer balls I looked at my list and it said K-1 grade. I went and mentioned to the rec director that I thought he was playing with the 2-3 grade league, but NOOOOO, they forgot and there was nothing we could do about it. Oh, well.
Kace really loved soccer. He does a really good job. Some highlights for the season were:

*Last year we had a problem with Kace not trying his hardest. He thought he was good enough, but this year he tried his hardest every single game.

*On the last game this kid came up to Kace and yelled, "YOU CAN'T PUSH. YOU PUSHED ME." Kace looked at him like he was crazy, said, "I didn't push." And the kid started CRYING! I was amazed. And just for the record, it happened right in front of me and there was no pushing.

*There was a time (probably more than once) that Kace did knock someone down. They were both fighting for the ball and is went out of bounds. Kace went back and offered his hand to help him up. Parents were shocked. What a good kid!

*Nearly every time he scored a goal he had this proud, chest puffed walk (strut) back to midfield. It was funny. I wish I would have gotten a better picture of it, but this was the best I could do.

*Kace loved being goalie, as did the rest of our team. Most of the time in time-outs and quarter breaks were spent fighting over who got to be goalie and/or begging to be goalie. We finally went to the system that if you asked, then you didn't get to be goalie. That seemed to work fairly well. Of course I am the mom, but Kace did a great job at goalie and had the best drop kicks of all :)

*After most games Ty would want us to get our chairs and come home and watch his soccer games. We have this goal in the front yard and he would go and kick the ball around and want us to watch him. He would also instruct us when to clap and cheer. It was pretty funny. By the time he was done he was pretty tuckered out. This is while he is eating his dinner (cold cereal-please tell me you have that for dinner sometimes at your houses too :) ). He has never done this, but I thought it was pretty funny!

Now on to baseball!