Joey, Grace, and Matthew all did the British Soccer camps this year. Joey and Andrew had done them a few years ago, and they had a blast, so we thought we'd give it a try again! This year, Andrew had archery camp -- which he thoroughly enjoyed, even though I have no pictures of them (because I was always at soccer camp -- but thankfully we had Grandpa Jerry to shuttle him back and forth).
I wasn't sure how Matt would do, but he seemed to love it, and there were other kids in the class that were older than him, and they were the ones who didn't behave. Grace and Matt were like little angels. Their coach, Jon, said he loved how Grace watched over Matt all the time. He said his own sister was never like that. I told him that she loves being his little mommy.
Grace was very attentive during practice, and was always following directions. Matt just followed her, so he did, too - indirectly.
They learned quite a bit, and had a lot of fun playing the games. Sometimes they had to tap the ball with their toes, and I swore Matt was going to fall down, because the ball was almost up to his knees. Other times, they had them kick the ball from one foot to the other, but the ball just barely fit between his legs, so he really just hopped in one place. It was really cute.
Joey practiced in the field right behind them. Every once in awhile I got a glimpse of him, too.
Each day there was a different theme. The last day was "Soak the Coach" day, and we brought the biggest water guns we had. Grace and Matt had a great time soaking coach Jon (I think he had a great time, too). Joey was able to soak his coach later on (he stayed for an hour and a half past Grace and Matt did).
The British guys were hilarious. They gave out trophies the last day, and this is the tiniest trophy. You can't even hardly see it.
Joey's team won their game, and they were given a trophy and certificate.
Group pictures:
Coach Jay:
Coach Jon:
Matt's favorite games from camp were soldiers and enemies ("Soldiers...are...you...ready?" "Sir, yes sir!" -- "Enemies...are...you...ready?" "I was born ready!"); shrimps and crabs ("I'm a shrimp, wiggle, wiggle!" "Whammy! Bammy! Let's get crabby!"); and toilet tag. For weeks, we've been hearing "I WAS BORN READY!!!" from Matthew, which is totally cute (for awhile, anyway).
