Soccer, week 2 - Getting better all the time!

Week 2 of soccer was this weekend. We weren't even sure if Jake was going to go. Friday he was coughing all day long. No runny nose, no fever, just a dry cough. Saturday he woke up and the cough was gone...but he barely had a voice. We immediately thought he couldn't play today. As the day went on, he acted fine, no coughing, said he felt fine just didn't have a voice. We figured why not, lets go.

We have been talking about soccer all week long. We practiced in the front yard and he seemed to be liking it. On the way to the field he even seemed (should I say it...) somewhat excited. We got to the field and the practice had just started. Jake grabbed him ball and went right out on the field and started kicking the ball! Mike and I were in total shock. We couldn't get him on the field let alone kick a ball! This was great. He kicked the ball around the whole field during practice. When I say the whole field, I mean through the other team practicing, around the back side of the goal, through his own team practicing. He never really joined any of the kids on his team to practice, but he got out there and kicked the ball. Once practice was over all the balls had to come off the field except for the game ball. He came off the field with his ball. I think he lost interested when he didn't have his own ball. That was the last time on the field, but he got out there. Much better than last week. Next week should (hopefully) be better than this one. Here are a few pictures and videos from the game.

Here is Jake doing his best David Beckham pose before the game.

He was actually out on the field kicking the ball!

Jake on the bench during the game with Mike.

The assistant coach trying to get Jake out on the field. He started to walk out there, but decided against it.

We played Aidan's team. Aidan and Jake go way back. Aidan's mom, Lucinda, Aidan's team mom. This is Jake walking through the other teams practice to go talk to Lucinda!

Here is Jake practicing on the field!

Aidan, as Jake, has yet to make it on the field. This is a great video of the two friends playing soccer together. (Aidan is the one laying on the ground in the video!!) I hope you like it Lucinda!! :-)