Springtime has been busy with soccer and swimming, its been a great way to keep the kids involved and having fun. The only downside was that Spring soccer this year lived up to springtime in Utah and was cold! None of the games were rained out, but we had bad weather for most of the matches,the kids had to wear coats and gloves for a lot of the games. Luke and Ruby's teams are one level apart so they played at the same field. A few times they had overlapping games so Tim and I took turns rotating between fields. It was cute because when they played at the same time, the kids usually ended up saying the missed one of us, or each other.
This was Ruby's first time to officially play soccer and she mostly loved it. You could definitely tell that she was younger than and hadn't played before like so many of the other kids. It took her several games to really get into it and she never did play as aggressively as I would have expected. She wasn't aggressive in going after the ball, but it was so funny to watch her interact with the other kids. She was not happy about everyone being to close into her space and I caught her throwing a few elbows. She wants to play again next season and I am excited to see how she progresses in the sport.
Luke was on a new soccer team this year but discovered that several of his buddies were also on the team so it was instant fun. Over the season Luke scored several goals and got a little more aggressive when in the pack. Even though they do not keep score at this age, he knows how many goals were scored by each team at any given point in the game. Without realizing that it might make others feel bad, he would often run down the field pointing out how many more goals they had than the other team. After a few chats, I think he understood it was better just to keep score in his head. Luke's skills really improved, and he seemed to have fun at every game so to me, it was a successful season.
Man I love these two little buddies.
At the end of last summer, Luke started to say that he didn't want to wear his water wings to swim so we knew it was time to start swim lessons and get he and Ruby safe in the water. We decided to wait until spring so that they would have plenty of time to practice in the water this summer. We signed them up through Provo City and have been happy with their setup of private lessons with just the two of them with an instructor. They are such water babies and immediately loved having a weekly date with the pool. I have been amazed at how much they have already learned - both think they are ready for complete free swimming. It's great because neither seems to be at all nervous in the water - even when the teacher pushes them under to go dive for rings. They have just finished their second session and are moving on to their third and are really improving with each class. Hopefully by the time summer fully arrives, we will be able to go to the pool without floaties.
Taking advantage of the climbing wall at the rec center after their lessons.
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