Soccer

Max loves to play soccer with Charles in the front yard, so I thought hey let's sign him up for soccer this year.  March rolled around and it was time for his first practice.  We packed up his soccer shoes, shins guards and soccer ball and headed to Burns Park.  Max was really excited to see one of his friends from school, Landon.  We got there a little bit before practice started so the boys found a goal and started playing.  Max was having a great time until the coach blew his whistle and asked the kids to join him in a circle.  Max lost it!  His idea of soccer was what he was doing with his friend Landon, playing and kicking the ball into the goal.  What he quickly learned is that was not how this soccer experience was going to go.  After that he pretty much made up his mind that he wasn't going to play soccer.  We thought we would give it one more chance and attended soccer practice the following Saturday.  Well, it was not a fun experience for anyone.  Max stood on the sidelines watching the other kids play while Charles and I tried to talk him into going out there and playing.  We had a talk with the coach and pretty much told him that we wouldn't be coming back.  Maybe next year we said...we'll see.  We think Max is kind of an individual sport kind of guy right now.  Thank goodness he loves golf!