Our Little Soccer Star!

We decided to sign Addison up for soccer this season. She has practices on Thursdays down the street from us. And she has the cutest coach (that would be her daddy, by the way)! At the YMCA meeting, no one volunteered to be the Head coach for the team and for some reason, people looked at Kevin like he would be a great guy for the job! I have to say, I am proud of him for taking on the commitment and I know Addison is proud that her daddy is out there with her!

We were both a little concerned how she would do with soccer since she has never played a team sport and is a pretty shy, non-aggressive girl. But to our surprise, she has done great! She is participating, keeping up with everyone, and getting right in there with her team!

At her game, she started out really strong and seemed to be loving it! After a while, she asked to go out of the game – I think was just getting so worn out because it felt like a million degrees out there! Obviously, that is to be expected and worked out fine considering all the girls have to take turns playing during the game. We are so proud of how well she did and her team even won their first game! GO SHARKS!

Cooper was there and wanted to get right in the game with the girls.  I kept reminding him that he can't play on the girls team and he has to be 4 years old.  After a while of being out there, he said, "Mommy, I want to go home!"  And I thought, "We have to get used to this, buddy.  This is the first of many games that we will be attending, either with Addison playing or Cooper playing!"

Takin' care of business

I have to say that I am very proud of my little buddy, Cooper. I am pleasantly surprised that I can say that he is potty trained now! He is still wearing diapers / pull ups at night and at naptime for now, but that may not be too much longer! We are still at the point where we ask him if he needs to go potty and his response usually is “I already went potty!” even if it was hours before. 

Notice his aim is a little off!

Otherwise, it is Super Coop that is letting us know when he needs to go! I always thought boys were suppose to be harder than girls to potty train, but that doesn’t seem to be the situation we have. I remember Addison was 2 months shy of her 3rd birthday before she was fully potty trained, including night time. All kids are different, so I guess only time will tell. But I can say, I am ready for NO MORE DIAPERS! :)  Yay for COOPER!!!

His teachers have been working on the potty training with him since he got into this classroom in May or June. It took him a bit to catch on, but now, the teachers say that he is teaching the other boys in the room how to take care of business! They have been a huge help in the process.

We are so lucky that he has great teachers, especially Ms. Marcella. She is just a wonderful teacher that I am so glad that both my kids have had! She and Ms. Vanessa work really hard to make the classroom a fun environment, but they are truly learning lots of things. They don’t just sit around and babysit…they take the opportunity to really teach the kids, even at the difficult age of 2!