Charlotte and Elijah had their first soccer games this past Saturday. We got lucky this week; they were playing at the same, at the same location. The fields were end to end, so Jeff and I were able to switch out which kid we were watching and hop up or down to the other game, if one of the kids was out for the quarter.
Saturday was actually a decent day for soccer, too. We’ve had the same heat here that the rest of the country has had, so 10:15 games could have been brutal. As is was, it was still pretty humid, but the skies were overcast, making the weather almost pleasant!
I was amazed watching Charlotte’s team play. She is in the 4th/5th grade league, and her team was dribbling, making passes that actually went to teammates, and generally playing some really decent soccer. Her team won its game, and Charlotte contributed one goal. She was pretty excited to score in the opener. She hasn’t played soccer since before we moved to France, and she usually waits until the end of the season before she’s confident and aggressive enough to attempt a goal. Not so this year!
Elijah is in the 2nd/3rd grade league again, and he is one of the biggest kids on his team. While there’s not a whole lot of organization to the kids at this level, Elijah was hustling pretty well and got to play goalie the first quarter, which he loved. Jeff said he made several pretty good saves. His team tied its game, which was good. Elijah is hoping to score sometime this season. Given his size, he probably has a pretty good chance if he continues to hustle!
Here are a few pictures of the kids in action.
Jeremy is also gearing up to go, go, go. This past week has been an avalanche of milestones, most of which I am not ready for! He found his toes a few weeks back, although he has yet to put them in his mouth. This is probably pretty smart!
I think I mentioned last time that he’s figured out how roll from his back to his stomach. Well, now, he’s figured out that he can roll across and off a blanket to get somewhere else, which, on hardwood floors, is not always advisable.
In addition to rolling, Jeremy has just about mastered scooting, and I even caught him getting one knee up underneath himself. Argh! This baby CAN’T be ready to crawl!
Jeremy also rolled over onto his stomach during a nap for the first time yesterday and was snoozing away on his tummy when I checked on him. This means that I can’t put him in his Woombie anymore because he needs his arms free to roll back over! However, he is still a very jumpy baby, and, without his arms secured, he doesn’t fall asleep well. What this means is that I have to swaddle him with a blanket in such a way that he can break out.
This whole rolling over thing became a bit of a problem at 4:00 a.m., when he rolled onto his tummy, scooted to the end of his crib, and then banged his head every time he tried to lower it to the mattress! Talk about a mad baby! He never did go back to sleep very well because, every time I put him him down, he rolled to his stomach and popped up on his arms. This is very cute…but not so much at 4:00 in the morning!
Oh, well. He’ll figure it out eventually. All of these things are supposed to be happening, but I’m still amazed at how much babies progress in five short months! Jeremy is such a happy little baby, a real joy.
I hope you had a good weekend! Talk to you soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment