Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Soccer Time!

One of the many joys I find in parenthood is seeing the excitement and eagerness of our children to try new things - especially when that new thing means you get pink soccer shoes! (They're black with pink accents.) London is going to play soccer this fall for the first time. She's seen various teams practicing in the field behind our house so she has some idea of what it is that she'll be doing. But I don't think she was quite prepared for all the fun she would have shopping with Daddy for the proper gear.

Perhaps I splurged a bit, but hey, I have a kid that's interested in sports and I'm going to nurture every bit of that for two reasons: its not dance; and Title IX (see NCAA scholarship rules)! Besides, Miranda officially declared soccer as "Daddy Duty"!

Seriously, London and I have had a lot of fun and quite a bit of bonding time kicking her new soccer ball around the back yard and working on some of the very basic fundamentals - NO YOU CAN'T PICK UP THE BALL WITH YOUR HANDS!

London is catching on very quickly. Official practices should start next week with games every Saturday begining September 6. Stay tuned for updates as the season progresses.

As for London's level of excitement...well, you can be the judge!



3 comments:

Melissa said...

Wow Regan - not only do you do soccer duty but you've become the main blogger in your household! I'm glad you're getting a taste of sports despite the hinderance of three daughters. I hope London loves it! Clayton's season starts this Saturday while we are out of town and he is majorly bummed! Of course, after he saw London's cool cleets the pressure is on for me to take him shoe shopping!

Marissa and Family said...

London looks awesome in her soccer gear! We like soccer at our house too! Colton starts soccerbuddies again this fall. Have fun!

Sheila said...

Regan, are you SURE it's not dance??? That video looked like a whole lot of hip action goin on...maybe she can use those moves to juke the other kids!!