i wish i could say that i held it together today. no goalies (officially), and no score (but i counted). i yelled the entire game. i kept telling myself to stop...knowing i should stop. but i just couldn't.
it was strange pulling up to the soccer field. i had seen the scene many times before. dozens of fields filled with colors, parents in lawn chairs along the sideline. familiar...but this time, i was the mom. my son the player. very surreal. how did i get here? and so quickly at that.
isaiah played well. drawn to follow in his daddy's footsteps... he loved defending.
but once he understood that he wasn't always on defense, and a little pep talk from mom, he attacked and went for the ball.
there were many i thought of whom i know would have loved to be there today. so in honor of them, i am posting a sequence of pictures of him taking the ball from one end of the field to the other. over kill...maybe, but indulge me. it's my first. also, you will see that he's sporting a new look with the shin guards popping out of his socks. he insists on wearing them that way. his trademark i guess, along with the crazy face.
p.s. on a totally different note. when i said i was done, i really was. potty training is no longer happening. for those wishing i would win out. sorry. every mom for themselves.
8 comments:
Loved the pictures, totally not overkill! Also, I know I'm not a mom, but yay for no potty training. Eventually she will learn :)
Loved the sequence of pictures. Felt like I was there! :) Honestly, he looks like he really knows what he's doing out there. I'm impressed!
You are that soccer mom. I totally understood that surreal feeling in the parking lot...almost like you are acting out a part, playing house, but it is for real.
There's nothing cuter than a little boy in uniform.
oh my goodness. we martins would have loved to have been there. he is the real deal with that dribbling and that face! get ready nat. that was your first of about 3042 games. and every single one is just as exciting.
p.s. glad you decided to wait on potty training the little miss. sometimes, when you let them win, everyone wins.
MORE, MORE, MORE!!!
We want to be there with you all but can't so post as many pictures as you can.
Thanks for making me smile so early this morning!
Love all of you!
Aunt Lydia
love it!
He's pretty fierce for his age. I watched my 3 year old nephew play recently and it was funny stuff.
What fun.
That is so sweet. He looks like he's having the time of his life.
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