soccer starts again

Today was Marcus and Cale's first day of indoor soccer with the YMCA (Ewan would love to participate too, but he is not old enough yet.). Last year, I let the boys each pick their own sport, which led to them needing to be in 2 different spots at the same time. This year, I had the common sense, and experience, to just sign them up for the same sport. Soccer it is, because I know that Cale likes it and Marcus expressed an interest in soccer. I could have played the boys in the same age group-Cale would have played up a group to the 6-8 year olds, but I really wanted him to have a chance to develop more as a player and not be pushed around by some of the bigger kids.
Cale is in the 4-5 year old group. He's one of the taller ones on his team and I think he's the best player, if there can be a "best" player at that age. He is definitely the most attentive and demonstrates the best ball handling on the team.
Marcus plays in the 6-8 year group. Surprisingly, he is pretty good with the ball too. He's excited also, because Andy is coaching his team. We got an email from the Y on Thursday night saying that they only had one coach signed up for this age group. I felt sad that more parents didn't volunteer to help. We looked at Andy's schedule and it appears that he is available to coach every week, so he volunteered to do it. Thank you to Andy! What a good daddy!
The boys just had skill stations this week, so no pictures this time. Ewan and Liam did great also. Ewan kind of just hung out and watched. Liam got held, had a bottle, and took a nap in the arms of Grammy Linda who was visiting. I'm looking forward to the next several Saturday mornings!