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Soccer Game 2!

September 30, 2014

Last weekend we had Maxwell’s second soccer game and thankfully got to be on the shady side of the field! Score! Maxwell had another great game and really hustled up and down that field!

Baby brother helping him warm up…

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and really wanting to be able to play with him!

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Let me tell ya, trying to entertain Spencer during these games is definitely the hardest part of it all! But, we survive and I still manage to get lots of good pictures of my star soccer player.

After a few drills…

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and a little pep talk from Coach Dad…

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Maxwell was ready to play! He got in and scored a GOAL!!! right away! Go Maxwell!

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There was plenty of running up and down the field…

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a water break…

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a pep talk from Coach Mike (who is a real firefighter!)

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and then it was back in the game to score another GOAL!!!

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After the game, both teams shook hands…

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and Maxwell was pretty pleased with his performance!

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Game 2 and 2 goals!

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Go Maxwell go!

Well, here we are again. Soccer season! Maxwell is playing Sunday soccer for the second year in a row and, man oh man, what a difference a year makes. Last year was rough at the beginning of the season to say the least…lots of tears, not a lot of playing soccer! This year though? Maxwell is all about going after the ball and getting it in that goal! Robert is the coach again this year and we had a great – and HOT – game 1!

Getting warmed up with little brother there to help!

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Maxwell got his soccer shirt (blue team again!) when we got out there so had to change shirts. Spencer kept trying to take his shirt off too because he wanted a special soccer one like brother!

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Maxwell sitting on the line ready to get started!

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After a little practice, the game got started and Maxwell was ready to go from the first whistle!

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There were casualties right and left the whole game.

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But, the good thing about 3 and 4 year olds is that they don’t have very far to fall!

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Pretty soon, Maxwell got the ball and started heading down the field!

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and GOAL!!!!

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After a good smile and a thumbs up to me he was back at it again!

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I love how he’s trying to block that other player out and get the ball…

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He got control and started heading for the goal again!

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GOAL!! No picture but he was pretty happy and took a water and Teddy Graham break. 🙂

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Then he hopped back on the field to score one more goal!

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GOAL!!

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Maxwell was super happy he got “3 balls” which I explained was actually “3 goals!” ha!

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And while the 3 goals he scored were great, I was most proud of him for playing so hard and for getting back up after he got knocked down several times! That’s what we’re hoping to learn in soccer, for sure! I will say, 3/4 year old soccer is a hoot to watch – it’s barely controlled chaos – but they’re all so cute and trying so hard. I could not be prouder of my soccer player out there trying his hardest!

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Go Blue Team!

Swim lessons

June 30, 2014

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend!

I can’t believe I haven’t blogged about swim lessons yet because Maxwell has been taking them for almost a year! Whoa! I think he started last August doing private lessons once a week with Coach Rafael up at the JCC. It’s been great and, slowly but surely, he’s learned to swim. Here’s a few pics from the past 10 months…

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Can you see the terror in his face here? 🙁

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Thankfully he more often looks like this in the water!

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Always with orange goggles, of course!

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He’s been learning proper strokes and doing great.

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We love Coach Rafael.

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A few months in, Rafael moved him into a group class with 2 other little boys, Mercer and Wyatt. It was a great push for him and I think he really enjoyed swimming with friends.

Earlier this month, we started Spencer on swim lessons too. The first lesson was a little rough, as to be expected. He didn’t cry the whole time but he didn’t exactly love it either.

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Rafael then thought it might be good for Spencer to actually do the boys’ lesson together. Fine with me! I think they love getting to be in the pool together and it doesn’t seem to be slowing Maxwell down at all.

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Butterfly!

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I know there are a million ways to learn to swim, but this “slow and steady” approach has been good for us. I’m just viewing the swim lessons as our one activity right now, like dance/gymnastics/karate. We go once a week for 30 minutes and Maxwell has gone from full floaties to jumping off the side and swimming with no floaties at all! He can even do the backstroke and is learning the butterfly! I’m sure Spencer will be right there with him in no time.

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So proud of my little swimmers!

ps – swim day is always a favorite because every Thursday after their lesson, the boys get to go to their favorite for lunch – Moe’s!

pps – I also have about 100 swimming videos fron the past 10 months if anyone is interested! Thinking they might be the kind of thing only a Momma can love….well, a Momma and a Dad/GJ/Susan! 🙂

Soccer finale!

October 22, 2013

On Sunday afternoon, we had our final soccer game of the season. Maxwell did great and just ran his little heart out! Coach Robert had the team ready to go for their final showdown against the green team!

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Maxwell was really good and running up and down the field. But, he didn’t care too much about actually kicking the ball! This picture makes me laugh because it was pretty typical of the games with Maxwell and Riley down at the opposite end just checking things out!

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But, he did get up in there and go after the ball a few times! 🙂

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After the game (which was totally a Team Blue victory!) Coach handed out trophies to everyone.

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Maxwell’s first trophy!

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Yay for Maxwell and yay for Coach Robert!

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It was a great season for Team Blue!

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Front row L to R: Riley, Nate, Maxwell

Back row L to R: Gray, Crawford, Coach Robert

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October 16, 2013

Soccer on Sunday was a little out of the ordinary because several kids were out of town for the Columbus Day weekend (I never knew that was such a big holiday with all the schools out?!). But, we weren’t going to miss because we had our special cheerleader, GJ, in tow! We were the first ones there and Maxwell had fun warming up with Coach Robert…

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Then Nate showed up and they had even more fun together!

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Then Gray showed up and that took us to only 3 Blue team members by game time. But, the team we were supposed to play only had 1 player and no coach! Well, 1 player and then her older brother who was ready to play. So, we combined with another group that was also short players (and also happened to have one team of blue shirts too!). We played double blue against green/orange and it worked out great.

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I don’t know what switched in Maxwell’s head but he just got out there and ran all over that field from the beginning of the game to the end!

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He was having a blast charging up and down that field!

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And whenever there was a pile-up on the ground, Maxwell would sit down too even when he wasn’t in the pile-up. Hilarious.

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Spencey was having a great time hanging out under the umbrella with GJ!

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The game was a little challenging for our kids because the 5 year old brother dominated the game. Dominated. He shouldn’t have been out there honestly. Oh well.

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That said, everyone still had fun and Nate even gave that 5 year old a little run for his money a few times! By the end of the game, Maxwell was red-cheeked and sweaty…

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He ran his little heart out that whole game and I could not have been more proud!

Only one more game to go!

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