Landon started another season of soccer at the beginning of April. Winter still held us in its mighty grip back then and his first practice was super windy and cold. They actually cut the practice short because it was miserable for the kids and for us parents along the sideline. It warmed up just slightly for his first game the following Saturday (the sun was out at least) but playing in his winter coat was still necessary...
Landon is quite the little soccer player but he is still in the "Under 5" league which merely encourages lots of ball contact and scoring (which is great except my little "rule follower" gets frustrated when people score in the wrong goal or his own teammates take the ball away from him.) We have discovered that he is a good little defender and I think his skills will continue to improve as he moves on up to the next level in the Fall.
At his last game, there were two little boys who told Landon that he didn't have the right shoes to play soccer (cleats.) We've just had him play in tennis shoes for now to be sure he liked it enough. He only has one more game before he finishes up the Spring season so I told him we would be sure to purchase him his own set of soccer cleats come Fall (no sense in buying them now when they probably won't fit in a few months anyway!) He was overjoyed with the news that he too would be playing in "bumpy shoes" soon.
We considered having him play T-ball this season, but honestly, I think kids get way more exercise and have more fun with soccer. T-ball seems to be 90% standing around while soccer is almost 100% running and action. I think for now we'll stick with soccer, but we may try out baseball in a few years too.
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I love that he calls them bumpy shoes. That is awesome. I am glad you enjoy it more then I did. It was torture going to Matthew's games. I keep wanting to put him in again and hope that it isn't as bad as the last time we did it. Way to go!
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