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So many exciting things have been happening in the life of Joshua, the Boy Wonder.

He absolutely loves being a big brother.  I cannot begin to describe how well he has done in adjusting to sharing his house and parents with happy baby.

He start PreK and loves "doing work" at school.  He loves to write letters and numbers and his ability has improved drastically already this year.

He and Dave got to go to an MSU football game last weekend.  From all reports, he had a fantastic time and cheered so hard Dave thought he may fall off the upper deck. 

Today, Joshua has taken the Magic Kingdom by storm with his cousin and grandparents.

And to top off the excitement...soccer started!

 

We have been looking forward to soccer starting for a long time.  Joshua's team is sponsored by the local radio station.  (We're still trying to figure out how to work 94.1 FM WLZA into a cheer).

 

As we were driving up to the field for the first practice the following conversation took place:

Joshua: "Mom, are we the home team or the away team?  I need to know because then I will know if I need to wear my home color jersey or my away white jersey."

Amelia: "Well, this is practice so there isn't a home or away team.  Only your team.  And in this kind of soccer you only have one jersery."

J: "Oh (disappointed).  Well, where are the locker rooms?"

A: "There aren't locker rooms here."

J: "Well, where will my coach talk to us before the game, at halftime and after the game?"

A: "You probably won't have locker rooms for the sports you play until you go to middle school or high school."

J: "Oh (even more disappointed).  Well, where are the cheerleaders?"

A: "There aren't cheerleaders to U6 soccer, Joshua.  I know when you watch games on tv there are different jerseys, locker rooms and cheerleaders but first you have to play without all those things so you can learn the game and grow up to play on teams that have them."

J: "fine."

 

He was a little nervous as practice started and even declared, "I don't ever want to play soccer in my whole life."  But when Dave arrived and walked out on the field with him, everything changed and the fun began.

He particularly enjoyed the "Hit the Deck" drill.

"Huddle up men." -Coach Sean

The celebration after scoring a goal.

The celebration was a little too long and included a few too many "yeah baby" statements.  Dave and I decided we need to work on the concept of "act like you've been there before" with the boy wonder.

Happy Baby is the resident 94.1 FM WLZA cheerleader.

Games start next week.  We'll see what other expectations and behaviors have been formulated by watching football on tv.  Hopefully there won't be any unsportsman-like celebrating on the part of the soccer playing Boy Wonder...but sometimes that penalty is worth it...YEAH BABY!