A day of lasts and a day of firsts.

Well Maddux's soccer season has finally come to an end and he had a lot of fun along the way. It also marked my Smurf soccer coaching debut. Maddux was playing the only team that has beaten them this year and they needed someone to help coach one of the teams on the field. I don't know if the end result has any indication of my coaching skills or not but we redeemed ourselves and won 14 - 6. Maddux scored 3 goals and had a lot fresher legs than last time. The last time they played this team was the night after Brooklyn's sleepover and he stayed up pretty late with them. He then had a karate tournament at 9:00 in the morning and soccer right after that. You could tell that he was a little tired and not his usual self. The other team had a very good player that Maddux just couldn't keep up with. Well this time was a different story and I am glad to say that Maddux held his own. It was a nice way to end the season and now Maddux can turn his attention towards the baseball season.


The kids love to bunch up and play right next to each other. A good coach has to spread his team out and get them ready to attack.


Maddux on the kickoff. Look at that leg extension; must be the karate.


The end of the game handshakes.

He just had his first game Tuesday night and I am happy to report that we are now 1 - 0. We killed the other team that we played and even though they don't actually keep score all the kids knew that they won. After the game every single one of them came up to me and told me that we scored more runs than them. The game started out a little slow as I struck out the side in the first inning. I am not sure if they were nervous because all the people around or what but after the first inning everything was fine. They play coaches pitch and you get five pitches or three swinging strikes. You either get three outs or bat through the entire lineup and then switch. Well we hit through the lineup twice and they didn't at all. We also had one inning where they only had 4 batters get up which is outstanding. They really played well last night and I think the season is going to be a lot of fun. I have already since a big progress in Maddux over the last month and a half. He is catching a lot better and has always been able to hit. We just need to work on his concentration during the games and paying attention to what is going on. Like his sister, he likes to drift off and look at the surroundings. I guess that is to be expected from a five year old but something that we will work on. Jennie forgot the camera so we don't have any pictures yet but we play again on Thursday and I will make sure there are some then.