Game 3 of the Fall 2011 soccer season was at 10:20am at Northwest fields, and was a BEAUTIFUL day. Not 90 degrees and HOT, just warm and sunny. Tyler was off, and we were excited to load up in the car and take the boys to the game! Wayne was excited too. Up until today, he has enjoyed soccer - always wants to go to practice/games, but really just liked the social side of things, not so much the "love of the game." Little did we know when we pulled out of our garage... we would be returning with a SOCCER PLAYER!
Wayne's cheering section was packed for the big game... Or games! (He plays 4 15 minute games.) Grandma, Madelyn, Aunt Trisha and Paige were all there too. Weston and Wyatt shared Pringles. Wayne wanted some, and I told him that if he scored a goal, I'd give him his own can. Since he's never had a shot on goal - I thought it was a safe bet. Silly, silly mom I am. That was all the motivation he needed!
As soon as the game started... Wayne was RUNNING. Not just running to keep up with the crowd, but running to GO AFTER THE BALL! THAT kind of running. It was obvious he had just discovered what this whole soccer thing was about. Within minutes....
GOAL!!! He had a kick in bounds, and followed the ball and put it straight in the goal. YAHOO! I don't know who celebrated more... Wayne, his Dad, me, or Grandma! Okay, it was TOTALLY Grandma! :-) It was funny watching him pump his fists and jump up and down, I was thinking that this was his FIRST goals. He will have lots more in his athletic career... but this was his FIRST goal. SO PROUD!
Later in the game... he scored again! He ran and ran, all the way up to the last air horn of the day. He had SO MUCH fun. As we walked back to the car, he was just chatting away with his buddy Kasey about all the goals they had scored, the teams they played, etc. Here's PRAYING for sunny weekends through October!
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