Soccer Time

T-ball wasn't Caleb's thing.  So we decided to try him in soccer.  He said he wanted to play and we thought we had a friend to sign up with, but unfortunantly they ended up not signing up.  The soccer situation was less than spectacular.  His coach spoke Spanish most of the time since most of the kids on the team were spanish.  Other than Caleb there was only one gringo on the team (well, Caleb is only half I guess).  I kept telling Caleb to listen to his coach and do what he said but Caleb would run up to me and say, "He's speaking Spanish and I don't know what he's saying!"

Also, most of the practices consisted of them playing a game of soccer against each other.  There wasn't really any coaching on the fundamentals of soccer.  All of the kids on the team except Caleb had played before.  It seems that he should've been placed on another team.

Some of the time he trucked along and tried to hang with the other kids.  But most of his time was spent running off the field to sit with me.  It just wasn't a good fit.

Yep, that face pretty much sums up how he felt about soccer.

He made it through about half of the season and then I decided to pull him out.  He wasn't learning anything and was staying frustrated.  It wasn't a positive situation for him to be in. 

He gave a good effort...but soccer just wasn't for him....especially not with that coach.

2nd Grade Open House

Ethan had Open House in April.  I always loved going to Open House as a kid.  He was excited to show us all the things he had been working on all year. 

I liked to look through the folder to see his progression since the beginning of the year.  And his handwriting is much better at school than it is at home.  ;-)

They read a book called Flat Stanley and had a project about it a month or two before Open House.  He created a "Flat Ethan" and got to choose who he wanted to mail it to.  Then that person had to take pictures and write about all the adventures they had with Flat Ethan. 

A special thanks goes to Nick and Hilari for showing Flat Ethan a good time.  He went to a basketball game, played with their dogs, and went to a BBQ.  It was too cute!  Ethan was so excited to read about the adventures he had as Flat Ethan.  ;-)