Soccer Camp

The boys both attended soccer camp during July.  It was Luke's first time to attend any kind of class or camp, so we were a little nervous about how it would go.  Both boys were so excited to be in soccer camp, they were thrilled to play soccer.  Carl was gone the first week, so Oma and Opa joined us.  We were all shocked by how well it went.  Luke went right out with Isaac and started warming up, or wearing himself out.  Ha!  He ran up and down that field over and over again, kicking his ball the whole way.  A friend of ours was there as well, and we were all shocked by how well he did!  I am so proud of him for jumping right in and participating.  During the warm ups Luke was trying his best, following along as well as he could, and Isaac was enjoying every minute.  There were a few moments when Luke didn't understand what to do, at one point he was standing there confused, Isaac noticed him and went to him.  He grabbed Luke by the hand and started showing him what to do.  It was the sweetest moment!  I am so proud of Isaac and the way he cares for and loves on his brother.  Luke did great during the camp, trying his best, until the scrimmage portion at the end, he did not like that.  He did not want to use another person's ball and he did not want to share his ball.  It was a rough ending to a great start!  Overall though, I think he did awesome!  Isaac did fantastic throughout the entire first day.  He loved every minute of it and really focused, did what was asked, and tried his best.  The second week of camp went abotu like the first.  Isaac did awesome through it all.  Luke did great for the first 45 minutes, then about the last 15-20 while they were scrimmaging he got nervous again.  Luke does really well when he can be independent and do what he is told on his own, but once he is forced to be with the group and told what to do he struggles a little more.  Week 3 was a little hard, the boys had spent the night before with Emmy and Gumby, so they were pretty tired.  Both boys shut down a little early and really struggled to focus and work hard.  They still had fun though and that's what matters.  Unfortunately, the last week, week 4 was not as good.  Isaac was sick, so he didn't get to participate.  I knew this could mean the practice cuold go great or it could go terrible for Luke.  Oma and Opa came to see his last practice, fully prepared that it could go either way.  Sadly, after a lot of coaxing from me and Opa, we could not get Luke on that field.  He would not kick his ball, he would not walk away from me.  So week 4 ended early, we left after about 30 minutes of Luke sitting on the sidelines.  So even though it didn't end on a high note, I am still so very proud of both of my boys!  Soccer is something that pushes them out of their comfort zone, as neither of them is aggressive, but they both did their best and had fun (most of the time).