Soccer season again!

Alex has been SO excited for soccer to start up again!!  He absolutely loves going to practice and loves his soccer games!  It is such a huge difference this season from last for his whole team so far.  Last season we started off the first game with tears (not from Alex, but most of the team), hand holding by parents on the field, and goal after goal being scored by the other team ;)  This season, everyone is much more into it, and his team is definitely getting better skill wise, too! 

Here's Alex at the first practice of the season (a couple of weeks ago):

And before his first game!  He was SO excited!! 

He's still a bit timid about "getting in there" and stealing the ball, but is doing MUCH better than last season!  He actually gets into the huddle some and tries to kick it out!  The kids always raise their hands between quarters if they are "ready to play" (some like a lot of breaks...)  Alex ALWAYS raises his hand to play!  He just loves it! 

The coach has the kids point at which goal is their's before each kick off ;)  They're getting better about understanding that each team has their own goal!  :) 

Thinking he probably won't be a professional soccer player or anything, but he's getting better and he has so much fun!