Future Soccer Star

A couple of months ago we signed Ben up for the Fearless Soccer Mini Camp for kids 3 and a half to 5 and a half years old. Ben has been interested in soccer since Nan and Teddy gave him a soccer ball last summer. But it's only been recently that his coordination has begun to catch up with his desire.

Though he was the youngest out of all the kids in his class, the coaches (Gigi and Trenton) told me that he was not only rather skilled but also a good listener and very good at expressing his thoughts. Of the four days the camp took place, Sam and I usually stuck around for the first 20 minutes or so then went off to enjoy time together. One morning Coach Gigi asked the kids to dribble the ball around in an area marked off by cones to warm up. Ben looked right up and said, "You have to warm up in baseball too!"

The experience was a success and as Sam and I watched the entire two hour session on the final day, I knew that I would soon be counting myself in with hundreds of thousands of moms across the country who call themselves "Soccer Moms."

Check out that kick!

With a certificate of completion in hand the look says it all.....he's not ready for soccer camp to be over :(

Ben approaching the action.

After a short stint as goalie, Ben was not willing to part with the position.

Zachary is probably the sweetest, gentlest five year-old I have ever known but apparently he takes his duties as goalie VERY seriously!

"Take that!"

I think Ben liked being goalie simply because he knew he could pick up the ball and not just kick it.

Ben and Joseph: buddies since infancy, buddies for life.

A fun game called soccer bowling.

Occasionally Ben's strategy was to simply fall down with the ball to keep it from the other players.

Ben completely adored Coach Trenton!

The chase is on!

It looks like a mama duck with a string of ducklings.