Playin'

It is official... I am a soccer mom.....minus the mini-van.... and other things.

Jax has begged to play on a team for the past two years and I finally let him. I would not give in until he proved he could keep his grades up (a given) and his behavior perfect (another given) at school and home.

Tommy has not to even had a chance to watch Jax practice so I think he was extremely surprised to see just how well Jax plays. It is almost funny to watch the other little guys back off when Jax starts running full speed at them. The tend to cower over to the side.

We are working on Jax getting a little more agressive and not worrying about hurting the other team when he is kicking (we hear the, "oh man, I am sorry," a lot).

Jax is very lucky to have a coach that has 13 years of soccer experience as a player. He is an exceptional coach that is stressing the importance of skill rather than just running aimlessly with the ball and kicking it down the field to just get a goal. Jax earns a dime for every skill he uses during his game. I have never seen my son more proud of earned money than on Saturday when his coach annouced he would receive 3 dimes at practice on Wednesday.

We are certainly having fun screaming for this big boy. Pudgie couldn't yell, "go Jaxi. Good Job.. KICK IT JAXI," enough during Saturdays game. Brinkley even got into the action hugging him when they won! I think Jax may have found "his sport," although I can imagine him being recruited for football when he is in high school because of his size .

Man do I love this kid!!! I tend to think the feeling is mutual!