Soccer

We just got home from Tomas' soccer game and the kids are now running wild outside. I told Tomas he could come in at 4:30 and watch his Cars movie. I think he is counting down the seconds. I'm just taking the time to tell you the funniest story.

At soccer today they were practicing in groups of 4. Each child was given a pylon and the pylon's were placed in a square formation about 20 or 30 feet apart. 10 balls were placed in the center and the kids were told to go and get a ball from the center then bring it back to their pylon. When there were no balls left they could go and steal from the other kids 'pylon stashes'.

I haven't laughed so hard in ages.

One child (a girl) actually tried to do it properly. Another little boy figured he could carry the soccer balls with his hands and it was much easier then kicking. Another boy decided if he got 3 balls from the center pile then he could just sit on the 3 of them and no one would take them away. And so he sat like a chicken on the eggs. As for Tomas, he figured out that he could kick more than one at a time. If someone was away from their pylon but had, for example, 3 balls stashed there - he'd kick one hard towards his pylon then take turns kicking the other 2 towards his pylon. It was priceless. Total chaos.

I'd better go and bring the kids in and rev up the Cars movie. Then we're off to Beavers tonight.

C.