Already?

I can't believe how fast this came. I remember talking to a friend not that long ago saying that I felt like I was knocking on the soccer mom's door, and now someone has opened it and welcomed me in. Monday night was Jackson's first soccer practice. I can't believe it. I have been shuttling the kids around to various activities for a while now, but I am now a true soccer mom. Jax did such a great job. He really had no idea what soccer was when he started, but he caught on pretty quick. I had to explain that he should only try and kick the ball into one net. He was just trying to kick it where ever he could. He is a really fast dribbler ( I found out that is soccer lingo for kicking the ball back and forth between your left and right foot. Who knew?) The only set back was that he is on the 5-7 year old team ( I have a few issues with that, there are just not enough kids to make separate teams ) and a boy about as tall as I am, kicked the ball as hard as he could and of course it landed right in the middle of Jax's stomach. He stayed strong for as long as he could. The poor boy had the wind knocked out of him. It was as hard for me as it was for him. I was very proud of him. He said he would do it again, he just doesn't want to be the goalie. What a trooper. Here is Jax posing for a pre-practice picture. He thought this would be a great picture. I agree. Pretty dang cute!!