Day full of Soccer Tots, Dogs and Friends

Today was Collin's first day at Soccer Tots. On the way to soccer, Collin said he did not want to see the bunny. Daddy quickly figured out that Collin was talking about the Bunny that was a mascot at the professional soccer game that we saw a few weeks ago. We assured him that there would not be bunnies on the field.

Collin did great at soccer. At first, he was shy and did not want to participate. Then, Daddy got involved and helped him out. He had really good foot control, followed directions really well and really tried to do what the Coach (Coach Juan) told him what to do. I think Collin had a lot of fun. At least he ran around a lot, laughed and helped clean up when the lesson was over. Plus, his friend, Melia, is in the class. Let's see how the 10 more lessons go.










Here are two videos of him working on his skills. The hula hoops are to help him with agility (he is supposed to jump backwards into eachof them) and kicking the cones was for aiming. After they kicked them all over, they had to put a foot in the hole of the bottom of the cone and then pick it up with that leg while standing on the other leg.

After soccer, we went to support a friend of ours that is starting a Cocker Spaniel Dog Rescue organization. Today was a fundraiser. I thought I would be holding Collin the entire time because he is typically so scared of dogs. I did have to hold him for the first 15 minutes that we were there. Then, he did get down and started petting the dogs. I could not believe my eyes. He especially liked the dogs that were locked up the in cages. Then, we watched the dogs perform with their owners. He really liked this and clapped when each dog finished their tricks.




After a nap for Mommy and Collin, Alex, Ellie and their parents came over for dinner and swimming. While I was making dinner, the kids and Daddies went to the front yard to do the Slip N Slide. I think Daddy had the most fun. The kids figured out to slide on their knees or belly. Collin mainly slid on his knees because he was a little scared to slid on his belly. Then, it was time to swim. There was more water gun squirting than swimming though. Collin ended up with two guns which was not good for me. I really did not want to get wet (I did not have my suit on) and ended up getting fairly wet. Then, it was dinner time. We ate outside because the night was really nice. The kids did not eat too much because they really wanted to ride on the toys in the backyard or dig in the dirt.

Collin went to bed before 9pm tonight. That's not really early but maybe he will sleep hard to night.