GOAL!

On Sunday, September 23, I took Joshua to his soccer game alone. Shawn decided to stay home and try to nap while the younger boys napped (which didn't work out so well, by sounds). Joshua told me on the way there that he was really going to try to score a goal. I told him that as long as he said encouraging things to all the players and tried his best, that was all that really mattered.

The BLACK team was playing the NAVY team, which had some really, really good players on it for their ages. But, Joshua was the first kid to take the ball down the field and scored a goal for his team "by himself" as he tells us. He did a great job, and the look on his face after scoring the goal was absolutely priceless. He gave me a big thumbs up as he ran back to his spot. Great job, little man!

The NAVY team one, with two little guys who consistently scored goals throughout the game, but Joshua & Luke scored another goal toward the end of the game - Joshua driving it up the field and passing it to Luke at the end who scored the goal. They were thrilled!

At the end of the game, they received coupons for a free Maggie Moos ice cream for participating in the Soccer Classics. Joshua got his favorite cookies 'n cream in a dish rather than a cone. I was surprised at the serving size and at the cones even being free for the players. It was very nice, and parents could purchase additional ice cream for themselves or their other children if they wanted to. I chose not to, but it was a nice treat for Joshua to get ice cream at the game where he scored the first goal.

It was a great afternoon!!!