Soccer - Not So Much; Baseball - Absolutely

Now that David is a little older and come out of this shell a little (i.e. not so shy), we thought it was time to get him back signed up for weekend activities. So, Saturday was day one of soccer. To be fair, David told us that he had no intention of playing soccer. We started prepping him the night before and then again on Saturday morning and he consistently told us that he didn't want to go to soccer class. He even asked what the coaches name was and then told us that he "didn't think he would like Coach Kirby". We told him that he didn't have to participate and that we just wanted to go check it out - thinking he would see how much fun it was and end up joining in. Well, that did not happen. He went in and shook hands with Coach Kirby and promptly informed him that he was going to "watch from the bench" and he did...for the entire 45 minute class. He was perfect -  just sat on the bench and occasionally described what the kids were doing.  He laughed when the coach kicked the ball in the area and cheered when one of the kids made a goal. We occasionally asked him if he wanted to join them and-- either because he legitimately did not want to play or he is just too hard-headed to let his position go - he stuck to his guns and watched. When class was over, he went and got a stamp from the coach, gave him a high five and said he was ready to go have lunch. We had to give him credit for standing his ground. We paid for the season, so we will see how next week goes!!

 

Here is David's soccer class:

 

And here is David on the bench:

 

After the soccer game, we went to have lunch and asked David what else he might like to do-  music class, baseball, gymnastics.... He told us that he wanted to try baseball. So, we went to Walmart and got him a T-ball bat, glove, balls, etc. and found a Sunday baseball class to sign up for. He was all about practicing baseball. He went out in the back and hit balls with Matt and then wanted to go again later in the evening. On Sunday, first thing he asked about was going to his baseball class. Maybe he just has something against soccer- who know, he is definitely a unique kiddo.

 

Here is him practicing with Matt:

 

The T-ball class that we signed up for did not have enough kids register...so it got cancelled. Bummer. But we did spend a lot of time at the park practicing hitting and David even recruited other kids to play with him. It was pretty much all he wanted to do the rest of the weekend. The group that puts the classes together is supposed to get back to me with other options for classes...so maybe that will work out.