Sitting at Soccer

It's a good thing he's cute because if it were for his performance this weekend Blaine would not be getting any awards.  Blaine's first soccer game left much to be desired.  Much happened prior to the game that probably contributed to his lack of interest.  Friday at school he was given an evil gluten-filled snack (which sent him into a 24+ hour downward spiral), he didn't sleep a wink on Friday night, then right before the game he was going down the slide, got his shoelace stuck in the slide, flipped over and hit his head on the way out.  Daddy caught him just before he hit the ground but that was the icing on the cake for him.  Poor darlin' cried for a long time and then when we put him on the field to play he was less than interested.  He literally stood in one place, chewing and sucking on the front of his shirt for a good ten minutes.  He didn't even walk down the field and when the ball rolled in front of him he just stared.  He finally came and sat down on David's lap to watch the rest of the game.  And then he fell asleep in the car five minutes after we left the fields.

We did have fun before the game.  We took him out for a big country breakfast at Cracker Barrel, which he enjoyed.  Hannah practiced her "chill" pose while we ate.

Then it was game time.  Let's start with the cuteness factor.  You be the judge:

Cute, right?  #4... I kind of wish he were #2 since he was born on 2/22 at 2:22 but #4 is good too, since Hannah was born at 4:44. 

Oh, the things mothers think about :)

Blaine's coach said that we shouldn't be too frustrated - his son apparently sat on the sideline for the first two seasons.  Wow - that's a lot of games!  We decided that we're going to keep him in soccer through the summer and every week we'll suit up and sit with him on the sidelines.  Maybe his breakthrough game will be next weekend... a parent can hope, can't they?