GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!!

Faith's soccer class has been great! She seems to really enjoy kicking the ball around and especially her Coach Ricardo. Even though she is shy when she's around him, he is all she can talk about the morning of and lunch right after. 

This past Monday's session was on shapes. The kids kicked the ball to a colored flag and made a shape with cones. It was bROILING out, so Faith was a little less than eager to run around, but she was getting reall good at kicking the ball! I've never actually played soccer (except when they force you to in High School PE), but I think it's pretty cool when she uses both her feet to kick the ball. She doesn't stop in front of the ball and kick with the same foot over and over. That's cool, right?

I also think buying her a non-Nerf soccerball this past week helped her be ready to kick the harder surface of a normal ball. The 2 weeks prior, she seemed to step on the ball pretty often because I think she thought her kick should have made it go as far as it would have for her Nerf Soccerball. A lesson in muscle memory! 

Ok, is it just me or does she look about 15 in this picture?? No way can my 2.5 year old balance on her soccerball like that! She's a pro at it! 

Like any good athelete, she's worked up a good sweat and is sure to hydrate!