Timmy 3 Years 10 Months & an Athlete!

Timmy has official begun his athletic career this past week!  First thing Saturday morning we went to Reston Town Center for his first Little League Kick Off Parade.  Timmy is playing Blastball, which is a step below even T-ball!  The kids were so cute with big smiles the whole time.  The older age groups had banners for their teams and some of them passed out candy or baseball cards to the spectators.  After they came down the street there was a presentation and some speakers before everyone sang "Take me out to the Ball Game".  The whole thing was really cute.

At noon on Saturday we walked up to the elementary school for Timmy's first soccer practice.  I was really impressed with the program they have set up for such young kids!  Each team has two parent coaches, but there is also a "professional" who was there all morning working with one team after another.  He ran the drills and besides breaking them down for the kids to be able to understand them easily, he learned all 8 of their names by the end of the first drill!  Timmy's practicing at home paid off and he did a really good job with everything.  He got so excited each time he scored a goal!  Apparently as the weeks go on they will end practice with scrimmages.  I'm looking forward to seeing how far they all progress!

 

Tuesday evening was the first Blastball practice, Tim is the coach and had set up several drills for the kids to go through.  Practice is right around the corner from my office and Caleb is on the team as well as my friend Kristina's son, Carter, so I am going to enjoy getting to visit with Suzanne and Kristina every week during practice!  We enjoyed watching, the kids all paid attention and got into the drills.  Timmy did suffer his first blow to his self-image at practice.  While fielding, another player kept beating him to the ball, he came over to me fighting back tears and telling me that, "everyone is faster then me." This realization was a shock to him because he had thought he was "the fastest person in the whole World."  I was relieved when he decided that, "they are the fastest people in the whole World too."  :)  Tim is happy to see this strong desire to win already in Timmy, I'm fine with it as long as he can be a good winner and a good loser, rare as losing might be... ;)

So, after vacation our next 5 Saturday's will consist of 9:30 Blastball games, Noon Soccer, and naps the rest of the day, I hope!