Jake is on the purple team and #8. Purple used to be a girl color but now that we live in MN it is a cool Vikings color! Go yellow and purple! The kids hate green and yellow together. Everything is sports with the boys!
July 9, 2007 - I had to add to this post! Jake scored another two goals tonight and his team won 5-1 and remains undefeated. Jake actually received his first penalty tonight for tripping another kid. Now anyone that knows Jake knows that this is not something Jake would do intentionally so a group of us just laughed at the refs call. Jake and another boy actually went for the ball at the same time and the other kid tripped over the ball as six of us parents witnessed. Anyhow it was just funny because I laughed and said maybe Joshua or Jenna I could see them getting a penalty but not Jake. Anyhow we are just all having a great time with soccer season in full swing and Jake really enjoys playing. Jake has made six goals so far and reminded me that one of them was with a stiched finger. He hit his hand on the pool table with a pool ball and got two stiches in his finger last month. Never a dull moment around here as I always say!
Jake is doing great with soccer and scored two goals in his first game and one goal in his second game. I told him not to score any goals in his first game because I did not have my camera with so of course he scored two! This photo is the goal he scored in his last game. The goal was close but it did go in! Jake's practicing has really paid off and you can just see his excitement when he plays. He is actually one of the smaller kids on the team but this never intimidates him. He is always going after the ball and getting in there. They have referees this year and really actually play the game of soccer playing positions. Jake has two boys from his class and another two from his last years soccer team on his team this year.
The soccer goals were put out in the park behind our house in May. The kids are so excited to have the goals up again. We have been out there playing soccer everyday since the goals were put up. It is tough to get a goal against Jake but I actually scored one today. I will post some photos soon.
