A's first soccer game

A and his team the Cougars had their first soccer game today. It was blistering hot, over 100 degrees! Those poor little dudes played for almost an hour and were dripping with sweat. Sadly, I hear that the weather here doesn't start cooling off until the end of the season. What torture we put our poor kids through. They're playing in the hot sun while most of the parents are sitting in the shade watching. Yes, I'm guilty. R, the team's assistant coach, kept A cool mostly by squirting water on his head. But he was exhausted after about 30 minutes and didn't want to play anymore. A played well today even though he hasn't quite caught the competitive spirit yet. Honestly, he could care less who has the ball and is mostly just content running with his friends back and forth across the field. Pretty funny, but maybe not so much with the coach...and some of the team parents.:) We bought him his own size 3 ball today so we could have some family scrimages at the park close to our house. He's still so new at this sport, so hopefully this will help him become a little more confident kicking the ball during a game. Anyway, we loved watching him today; he looks just so dang cute in his uniform. A is also pictured at the top with one of his best buds Kyle. They go to kindergarten together and play almost every day. We love Kyle!!!