Wallace is playing tier 2 soccer again this year. We are really impressed with his improvement this year. The weekly soccer clinics all winter really helped, that and all the hot shots on his team moved up a level, so someone has to step up to the plate. I know that is a baseball analogy but it seemed to fit. This week we have 3 nights of soccer, Monday was practice, last night a game and tonight another game. Michael was able to get off early last night, which is a good thing because the game was in a community about a hour away and I had no idea where I was going. I know I could have found my way but it was nicer having Michael with me. The big news from last night was that Wallace scored his first goal.....ever. He was so excited but that excitement was a bit mitigated by the fact that the goalie got hurt in the process. We've been telling Wallace to keep going to the net until the goalie has the ball in his hands and then to stand down (to use a work term from Michael). That was exactly what he did, the first shot was deflected and there was Wallace and he kicked the ball just as the goalie hit his head off of Wallace's leg. Micheal called it a 'junk' goal (he picked up the junk and put it in the net) but it still counted and it really boosted Wallace's confidence he has a tendency to be mostly heart . It makes all this travelling around the country-side worth it.
And just so John doesn't feel left out here is his goal scoring pose.
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