Back in April we decided to put Braeden in soccer through the Parks and Recreation Department.
It was just a 4 yr old program.
No rules, just the basics... You are one team, they are the other, this is the goal, get the ball to the goal. Ready, GO!
Braeden is not the aggressive type so he would just run with the mob of kids after the ball.
He would take breaks to pick dandelions, do some stretching.
He would chase the mob.
And he would do a little goofing off.
Then in May/June, we tried Blastball.
"Kind of like t-ball but with excitement" was the description.
Two teams face each other, one kid hits the ball, runs to a base, jumps on it and it squeaks. And the teams would rotate.
Again, a lot of dandelion picking going on.
In June/July came swimming lessons.
Braeden was very excited for swimming. When it started he was eager to try to put his face in the water. After a while that got old and he had more fun drawing water pictures on the side of the pool.
He did get water just to the top of his ears. (that is him with his head poking out)
Then came July 4th. His first running race. I ran my first race in over 7 yrs that morning and Braeden was very excited to be running his! I got a little teary eyed pinning on his bib number.
1/8 of a mile, out and back.
The starting line was a mad house. With the race being ages 5 and under, parents were allowed to run as well. If the parents did not run, there would have been plenty of kids face planting into the pavement at the start.
He had a BLAST!
Thought it was the best thing EVER!
And he was so PROUD to show off his ribbon!
I think he found his niche.Next up... karate.
