soccer, soccer and more soccer...

Soccer has kept Chris and Landon very busy this season.  Many of our weeknights and Saturdays are filled with practices and games.  Every other Tuesday Ashlyn has piano lessons so we divide and conquer, driving to opposite sides of town and eating dinner in shifts.

It's the craziness that is our life right now.  Landon always goes "all in" when it comes to sports though.  He currently eats, sleeps and breathes soccer.  He talks about it all the time and asks me to go out and play soccer with him whenever he has free time.  In the spring I'm sure it will switch back to baseball.  He continues to do well as keeper.  I think it is one of his favorite positions.  Last week during warm ups he hyper extended his thumb.  I could tell he was in pain and he nursed it throughout the game.  He couldn't grip anything for almost three days.  He was still complaining of pain a few days later and developed a deep bruise.  Thankfully, it seems to have recovered and he was able to play uninhibited this week.
Landon can be pretty hard on himself.   I can see his demeanor change if he isn't able to block a shot & the other team scores.  He tries his hardest though and is always watching.  He gets in there and steals the ball, not waiting for it to come to him.   (I always love the concentration tongue)Landon scored his first goal of the season and this was the celebratory greeting he got from his friend afterwards.  It is so cool to be a witness to your kids succeeding in something, especially when you know they have tried their hardest.  There is always that moment after he makes a goal when he will look through the crowd of parents on the sideline and catch my eye.  I love seeing the shy smile creep across his face as if to say, "did you see that, mom? Did you see what I did?!"  That moment makes it all worth it.